12th February 2018 Co-operative Conversation at the Co-operative Party’s 100th Birthday Celebration in Stokesley Eileen Driver A roomful of Stokesley people joined in the Co-operative Party celebration with cake, coffee and conversation with Co-operative & Labour MP for York Central, Rachael Maskell.
8th January 2018 Government plans put hundreds of community bus services at risk, MPs warn Anna Heard Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer Upcoming changes in Department for Transport regulation could put an end to dozens of community-run bus services, a report by the Transport Select Committee has found
20th October 2017 A Co-operative History, Strong Roots – Celebrating the Party’s Centenary at Beamish Museum, County Durham benwest On Saturday, the North East & North Cumbria Co-operative Party held a special Centenary event at Beamish Museum - organisers Bala Nair and John Creaby report on how it went
4th October 2017 Social tenants have been ignored for too long – it’s time for Theresa May to bring back the National Tenant Voice Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer The Co-operative Party has written to Prime Minister calling for her to re-establish the National Tenant Voice organisation that was disbanded by the Coalition Government in which she served.
4th August 2017 Transport’s unsung heroes could be taken off the road by red tape Joe Fortune General Secretary Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer Tens of thousands of vulnerable people rely on the unsung heroes of community transport. But changes in regulation could take them off the road for good.
23rd March 2017 Trickle down economics is dead, and community wealth is replacing it. Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer Emma Hoddinott Assistant General Secretary (Representation & Political Affairs) Over the past week, we've welcomed Ted Howard, founder of the Democracy Collaborative, to the UK to learn more about a model which is making policy makers across the political spectrum in the US sit up and take notice, and seeing what the lessons might be for communities the UK.
30th January 2017 Campaign win: all aboard the People’s Bus Service in Witney Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer After a year of work by local Labour & Co-operative councillors to save local bus services for the community, the People’s Bus service in Witney carries its first passengers today
11th November 2016 Small businesses in Europe work together to access finance and share risk – why shouldn’t those in the UK? Virginia Doherty Too often, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle to access the finance they need to grow. But in Europe, mutual guarantee societies provide a solution we can learn from.
14th September 2016 Our privatised care system treats its workers like dirt – it’s time to put carers at the heart of caring Archived: Ben West Communications & Digital Officer It's time to end a shameful chapter in which those closest to us – and the people we trust to care for them – are treated as objects of profit.
In our interests: building an economy for allWith contributions by Marc Stears, Ruth Yeoman, Tom Watson MP, Mathew Lawrence, Reema Patel and Tony Greenham, Jennifer Tankard, Baroness Dianne Hayter, Richard Murphy, Cliff Mills, Richard Pennycook, and Ed Mayo.