27th March 2020 Lowest Earners and the Self-Employed will bear the Finanical Brunt of Covid-19 Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands It is clear that it will be these households that will bear the financial brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and that there exists the clear and present danger that these households may slip into poverty.
27th February 2020 Time to invest in our local communities Sarah Boyack MSP It is time for a fair deal for local government that will allow councils to provide the vital services that communities badly need.
27th February 2020 Not another quango – Consumer Scotland must empower consumers Jackie Baillie Member of the Scottish Parliament For a body dealing with consumer issues, it is important that consumers are represented.
13th February 2020 Scottish Co-operative Party Nominates Jackie Baillie MSP for Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Richard McCready Political Officer After balloting our members, the Scottish Co-operative Party has nominated Jackie Baillie MSP for the post of Scottish Labour Party Deputy Leader. Jackie Baillie has been a strong supporter of the co-operative ideal in the Scottish Parliament.
6th February 2020 Scottish Co-op MSPs challenge the Scottish Government to stop the cuts to our communities Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands Sarah Boyack MSP It is high time that the SNP Government provided councils with the resources that they need and bring an end to the age of austerity in our councils.
5th February 2020 How will new Scottish National Investment Bank support co-ops? Claudia Beamish MSP for South Scotland and Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change It is important that co-operatives and mutually owned businesses are recognised and encouraged through the Scottish National Investment Bank.
21st December 2019 It’s time for a People’s ScotRail Neil Bibby An ownership model which puts maximising shareholder benefit first has been shown to be a poor deal for the travelling public in Scotland.
26th November 2019 A vote for Scottish Labour & Co-op candidates is a vote to Build a Fairer Scotland Paul Sweeney Former MP for Glasgow North East I am a co-operator and I want Scotland to be a place where wealth and power are shared.
28th October 2019 Time for a Right to Food in Scotland Stephanie Mander On behalf of the Scottish Food Coalition Putting the right to food into law will not end food banks overnight, but it will set Scotland on a path of joined-up, coherent policy to make sure that everyone has reliable access to healthy, sustainable food for themselves and their families.
20th June 2019 Student food poverty: the UK’s unseen crisis Daniel Deery Chair of Stirling University Labour Society, LGBT+ officer for Scottish Labour Students and Secretary of the Stirling Student Co-operative Society Over a third of students reported going without food in 2016.
7th June 2019 Local Government is the lightning rod raising hunger up the political agenda Cllr Joe Cullinane Leader of North Ayrshire Council People having access to enough food strikes at the heart of what kind of society we want to be.
28th March 2019 Remembering Dr Jim Arnold – Preserver of New Lanark Iain McDonald Trustee of the New Lanark Trust Claudia Beamish MSP and Ged Killen MP have tabled motions to the Scottish Parliament and Westminster Parliament respectively to mark the passing of Dr Jim Arnold, former director of the New Lanark Trust and responsible for preserving the hugely important New Lanark site. Iain Macdonald, trustee of the New Lanark Heritage Trust and former Secretary General of the International Co-operative Alliance, has contributed the following obituary.
14th March 2019 The People’s Money – Financial Institutions that serve people and their communities Richard McCready Political Officer At the Scottish Labour Conference last weekend in Dundee we held a very successful fringe meeting titled, 'The People’s Money'.
6th February 2019 We must look at a new way of providing free access to cash so that local communities are not left behind Ged Killen New funding cuts announced recently mean free ATMs are closing at a rate of 250 every month. Fresh new thinking is needed to ensure communities and local businesses aren't left behind.
31st January 2019 We need a Budget which protects Scotland’s communities James Kelly As a Scottish Co-operative Party MSP I will be looking for a Budget today which is bold and which transforms the way in which out economy is run.
18th January 2019 Credit unions: a serious, mainstream alternative to banks Richard McCready Political Officer This week the Scottish Parliament has debated credit unions and their contribution to Scottish society
17th January 2019 Scotland – the co-operative well spring of democratic ownership Richard McCready Political Officer The Scottish Parliament has called on the Scottish Government to increase support for co-operatives and employee-owned businesses in a motion moved by the Scottish Labour Leader and supported by Scottish Co-operative Party MSPs
12th December 2018 We need a Budget that promotes a fairer, more co‑operative Scotland Johann Lamont Chair, Co-operative Party Scottish Parliament Group The Scottish Budget takes place today and I am clear that we need a Budget that promotes a fairer, more co-operative Scotland. We need an end to austerity.
27th September 2018 “Why on earth shouldn’t the people who create the wealth own the wealth that they create?”, asks Richard Leonard Richard McCready Political Officer
27th September 2018 Richard Leonard backs plan to give first-year school pupils a £20 credit union ‘starter for 20’. Richard McCready Political Officer Scottish Labour Leader Richard Leonard MSP has demonstrated his commitment to co-operative principles by putting forward a policy which will implement our ideas about credit unions right across Scotland.
27th September 2018 Dundee City Council Signs up to Charter Against Modern Slavery Cllr Georgia Cruickshank Councillor for Maryfield ward on Dundee City Council
11th September 2018 Promoting local, co-operatively-owned campaigning journalism Richard McCready Political Officer How do we ensure that technological, cultural and economic changes empower people rather than oppress them? This was the task which Jeremy Corbyn set himself at a recent lecture on the media in Edinburgh.
21st June 2018 Scots want to see governments intervene more robustly to encourage responsible tax palnning by business Richard McCready Political Officer
20th June 2018 Sprinklers to be made compulsory in new build social housing in Scotland after Co‑operative MSP campaign win David Stewart Scottish Co-operative Party MSP David Stewart has achieved a major victory in his campaign to secure that sprinklers are included in all new build social housing.
12th June 2018 Holyrood should #ThinkSprinklers David Stewart David Stewart MSP's Proposed Social Housing (Automatic Fire Suppression Systems) (Scotland) Bill needs your support
30th May 2018 1000 businesses, workers and organisations call for law change to protect shop-workers Richard McCready Political Officer A consultation carried out by Daniel Johnson MSP has found overwhelming support for a change in the law to protect staff selling age-restricted products from violence, threats and abusive behaviour.
25th May 2018 Credit unions demonstate why ownership matters Kezia Dugdale It's up to all of us to ensure the Scottish Government works to provide more ethical and affordable alternatives in our communities.
A Co-operative Agenda for ScotlandThe Scottish Co-operative Party's agenda for the 2016 Holyrood elections. Introduction by Kezia Dugdale MSP