10th January 2019 Government failure is leaving people vulnerable to food poverty – but the co-operative movement offers hope Caitlin Prowle Yesterday’s Environmental Audit Committee report on food insecurity shows that this Government’s failed policies are leaving people hungry. But where the Government is failing to take action, the co-operative movement is already working to help.
2nd January 2019 Stronger than ever benwest At the end of another tumultuous year in politics, some good news: there's a voice for your values, and it's stronger than ever.
27th December 2018 Caroline Walsh – my journey in 2018 Caroline Walsh Caroline Walsh, former Labour & Co-operative election candidate, shares her experience of standing in the May 2018 local elections.
21st December 2018 The Right to Food – Time for Scottish Government legislation Rhoda Grant MSP for Highlands and Islands
17th December 2018 Supporting the UK’s fishing co-operatives Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer It is one thing to declare the UK an 'independent coastal state'. But it is UK policymakers who will shape what that means in practice
14th December 2018 Co-operators in the House benwest Just a year after it was established, the Co-operative Party elected its first MP with Alfred Waterson winning the Kettering seat at the December 1918 election. Now his achievement is being recognised with a portrait in Parliament.
12th December 2018 We need a Budget that promotes a fairer, more co‑operative Scotland Johann Lamont Chair, Co-operative Party Scottish Parliament Group The Scottish Budget takes place today and I am clear that we need a Budget that promotes a fairer, more co-operative Scotland. We need an end to austerity.
5th December 2018 The case for reforming private renting Caitlin Prowle Based on conversations with Britain's growing army of private renters, IPPR's latest report is a timely reminder of the scale of the crisis—one that co‑operative solutions can play a key role in solving.
22nd November 2018 The UN’s goals for eliminating poverty are as relevant at home as they are abroad Preet Kaur Gill MP Chair of the Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group and Shadow Minister for Primary Care and Public Health. The UN's sustinable development goals show that development is not just something done to people and countries 'over there', but that we must work to address people’s needs in the UK as well as across the world.