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.
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?