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4th October 2007 The people trust co-ops – it’s time to get engaged Martin Tiedemann The 90th Anniversary Conference last month saw a YouGov poll look at the public's opinions on co-operation and mutualisation.
21st September 2007 Co-op fringes in Bournemouth (or just go to the beach) Martin Tiedemann The Co-operative Party is going to Bournemouth where they are hosting a series of fringes and receptions.
17th September 2007 Northern Rot Martin Tiedemann The likely disappearance of the Northern Rock from our high streets in the months to come is a troubling matter, and an ironic one too.
21st June 2007 2007, the Summer of Co-operation (review) Martin Tiedemann Today Ed Balls spoke at a Co-operative Party event in Parliament to launch a consultation document for the Review of the GB cooperative and credit union legislation. Co-operators will now be spending their Summer responding to the consultation document and anticipating long overdue changes to legislation.
15th June 2007 Conservatives promote – and attack – mutuals Martin Tiedemann The Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Bill was discussed in the House of Lords yesterday.
27th April 2007 Bills and Balls Martin Tiedemann Today saw the successful report stage and third reading of the Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Bill - formerly the Financial Mutuals Arrangements Bill.
5th April 2007 Mutuals care more about the environment Martin Tiedemann In the recent Budget, Gordon Brown promoted green mortgages, as pioneered by the Co-operative Bank, the Ecology Building Society and the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. These mortgages are either only for green properties or include carbon offsetting costs.
23rd March 2007 Parliament discussing mutuals Martin Tiedemann The Financial Mutuals (Arrangements) Bill, sponsored by Bournemouth West MP Sir John Butterfill, is receiving its second reading in Parliament this morning.
22nd March 2007 The real costs of demutualisation Martin Tiedemann In their 2006 report, 'Windfalls or Shortfalls? The true cost of demutualisation', the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Building Societies & Financial Mutuals reported that mutuals performed better than their plc rivals in a variety of performance indicators.
9th March 2007 Conservative co-operates for mutual benefit Martin Tiedemann An important story in the Co-operative News this week, reproduced here in full: A Conservative MP has tabled legislation to allow mutuals to transfer ownership to co-ops in a bid to discourage demutualisation.
29th November 2006 Archived: Mutuals are the way forward for tossers too Martin Tiedemann There has been much comment on the Conservative Party's labeling of the general population as 'tossers'. And, yes, it is misjudged, utterly cringeworthy and frankly ridiculous from the Party that has championed consumerism, profiteering and economic freedom for the individual. Even the mention of credit unions as a source of assistance does not make up for this exercise in shameless opportunism out of an important issue.
9th November 2006 Archived: Balls to modernise Martin Tiedemann The Government has today announced that it is to undertake a complete review of co-operatives legislation, the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts and the Credit Unions Act.
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