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Community Power is co-operative politics. It is a hopeful, radical and above all deeply practical belief that change can and should happen from the bottom up. That when ordinary people have a say and own a stake in their future, extraordinary things happen. And that to make this happen we have to upend the power imbalances that characterise Britain, to create a new settlement where communities are empowered to lead.
Representative local government makes for better decision-making for everyone in society and we are delighted to be fielding our largest and one of our most diverse field of candidates the party has ever produced.
Community buildings serve the public good every bit as much as museums, and other VAT exempt assets. These spaces are essential social infrastructure, especially in areas where they may be the only accessible public venue left.
I’ve been following the Co-operative Party’s Community Britain campaign with interest. The Party is right to argue that communities are central to national renewal, and that government needs to go further and […]
The national changes have created the opportunity to permanently embed stronger co-operative relationships between councils and communities.
Are you a current Co-operative councillor or a council candidate? Here are some campaign ideas and issues to take on in your manifesto.
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