The Scottish Co-operative Party Policy Process aims to develop a new platform in advance of the Scottish Parliamentary Election in 2026. This is an opportunity for members to provide their contributions to Scottish Co-operative Party policy.
At the General Election the Co-operative Party put forward a policy platform focused on four issues: growing the co-operative economy; growing community renewable energy projects; growing community ownership of assets; and greater protection for retail workers – which has already been put in place in Scotland.
These policy positions have been taken up by the incoming Labour and Co-operative Government at Westminster. In the run up to the next Scottish Parliament election, the Party is looking to develop a policy platform that will be taken up by the incoming Scottish Labour and Co-operative Government which we are working toward.
Over the next few months please let us know your thoughts on what our policy positions should be. You can respond as a party member individually or join opportunities to contribute at in person or online meetings.
The consultation questions below focus on several key areas of Scottish Co-operative Party policy but we wish to hear from members on other co-operative issues which are important to them. Please do add any further thoughts you have at the end of the consultation
You can either fill out our easy online form to answer the questions individually, or if you are contributing on behalf of a local party you can also upload a Word or PDF document with your collated answers.
Contributions will only be accepted via our online form. Submissions sent by email or post will not be accepted.