22nd April 2021 Delivering a fair and sustainable recovery in Greater Manchester through co-operation Angeliki Stogia Councillor for Whalley Range and Executive Member for Environment, Planning and Transport, Manchester City Council I was proud to see recommendations from the Greater Manchester Co-operative Commission front and centre in Labour & Co-operative Metro Mayor candidate Andy Burnham's manifesto.
22nd April 2021 A Co-operative Recovery Anas Sarwar Leader of Scottish Labour and MSP for Glasgow Today, I set out Scottish Labour's plan for our national recovery from this crisis, and I know that our national recovery must be a co-operative recovery too.
21st April 2021 England’s rural communities deserve better representation. That’s why today we are launching the Rural England Policy Review. Luke Pollard MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence The rural economy has been hit hard by the pandemic, the economic crisis and the Government’s incompetent Brexit deal. As the Labour Party launches its Rural Review today, I'll be hearing how co-operative ideas and initiatives can make a difference.
20th April 2021 We are and always will be the Party of fan-owned football Joe Fortune General Secretary The backlash against the European Super League has seen a renewed interest in fan ownership in football. But we can’t trust this Government or the FA to deliver for fans – supporters need to organise ourselves to take back control of football.
19th April 2021 Co-operative Party Chair’s Update Jim McMahon MP Chair of the Co-operative Party and Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government From campaigning on food justice to our efforts to get hundreds of Co-operative Party candidates across the country elected, we have been putting co-operation front and centre.
19th April 2021 Standing up for equality by standing still Cllr Joanna West Labour & Co-operative Councillor for Osmaston and Sinfin and member of Co-operative Party Women's Network Steering Committee The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill includes increasing the maximum penalty for criminal damage to a memorial from three months to 10 years, yet the minimum sentence for rape is half that. That is why we created #FrozenInFear.
16th April 2021 Please be kind to shop workers. They are essential, and we must look after them. Tony Bunday Labour & Co-operative candidate for Hampshire and Isle Of Wight Police and Crime Commissioner We need a better response to violence and abuse against shop workers from the criminal justice system. But as more shops re-open this week, all of us must remember to treat shop workers with kindness.
16th April 2021 London Labour Manifesto – London Co-operative Party Response Ria Bernard Secretary, London Co-operative Party Joe Simpson Co-operative Party Representative to London Labour Regional Board We were pleased to see co-operative ideas that will help rebuild our capital cited in the Labour Manifesto for London.
15th April 2021 Rampant poverty and hunger brings calls for a Right to Food and Minister for Food Security from EFRA select committee Geraint Davies Labour & Co-operative MP for Swansea West and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution. It is a tragedy and disgrace that in the sixth richest country in the world, millions of people suffer daily food insecurity.