23rd November 2021 The Government must act and change the tax system to support our high streets James Butler Regional Organiser (East Midlands, West Midlands and South West) As Co-operative MP James Murray puts it 'ending the race to the bottom is crucial to taxing fairly, and to helping our high streets and British businesses to thrive'.
16th November 2021 To tackle climate change after COP26, we must work together to make a difference. Tom Hayes MP MP for Bournemouth East We must be focused on how we clean our energy, decarbonise heat and transport, and create high-paying green jobs.
16th November 2021 In the East Midlands, we must campaign to put power in the hands of people Jamie McMahon Co-operative Party NEC Member This weekend over 30 Co-operators from across the East Midlands came together in Gedling to knock on doors, deliver leaflets and run a street stall.
12th November 2021 At COP26, we’ve seen how young people are becoming the leading voice on tackling climate change Georgia Horsfall It’s time to give young people a seat at the table – a say AND a stake – so that we can put in place the bold, co-operative solutions we need to tackle the climate crisis – before it’s too late.
9th November 2021 To address a climate crisis, we will need more co-operation, not less. Tom Hayes MP MP for Bournemouth East Time is running out to get to net zero and avoid a climate disaster—Oxford is just one example of a co-operative city taking bold climate action.
29th October 2021 Celebrating Black History Month Cllr Anntoinette Bramble Deputy Mayor of Hackney and Deputy Leader of the Local Government Association It is critical that the untold stories of Black Britons are not just told but celebrated. Black History is intrinsically part of our British History and if these contributions are not known we are all robbed of our British History.
28th October 2021 Introducing mutual models within the English water industry could address the problems with our rivers and coasts Gareth Thomas MP Labour & Co-operative MP for Harrow West and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade That not a single river in England meets an acceptable standard of environmental health isn’t just of huge concern for the ecological and natural wellbeing of our waterways, but is further symptomatic of a broken water and sewage system in our country.
27th October 2021 The Budget was a real opportunity to scrap the unfair and broken business rates system Jim McMahon MP Chair of the Co-operative Party, Labour & Co-operative MP for Oldham West and Royton, and Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government We need fundamental reform – scrapping unfair and broken business rates system and replacing them with a new system which protects high streets, incentivises investment and rewarding businesses that reopen the shutters on empty shops.
25th October 2021 We must involve our rural communities in the fight for food justice Cllr Su Aves Councillor for St Sidwells & St James, Devon Joe Joseph Convenor of West County Labour and Co-operative Farming Policy Advisory Group (FPAG) Councillor Su Aves recently passed our Food Justice motion at Devon County Council and is now working with West County Labour and Co-operative Farming Policy Advisory Group (FPAG) to see how we can involve rural communities in the fight for food justice. Here, she writes with FPAG Convenor Joe Joseph on the challenges facing our food producers.