Some background

In July, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) published an independent report Co‑operatives Unleashed: Doubling the Size of the UK’s co‑operative sector, which was commissioned by the Party.

The Report sets out some key policies a future government could implement—but it’s only the start. Saturday morning of Conference is your chance to share your own ideas, thoughts and reflections too.

Co-operatives Unleashed: Doubling the size of the UK’s Co-operative Sector

An independent report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) commissioned by the Co-operative Party

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Things to think about

• What factors currently hold back the expansion of individual co‑operative businesses and the wider co‑operative sector?
• What areas of the co-operative movement are ripe for further growth?
• How do we ‘mainstream’ co-operatives so that co-operatives are no longer the exception, but the rule in our economy?
• Where might there be opportunities for co-operatives to expand into new areas of our economy or society?
• What single policy or set of steps could a future government take that would have the greatest impact for growing co-operative enterprises?