8th July 2022 Scotmid Co-operative Hosts Menopause Cafe Monica Lennon MSP for Central Scotland As part of Co-operatives Fortnight celebrations Scotmid Co-operative hosted their first Menopause Cafe, showing a concern for the welfare of their employees. Monica Lennon MSP has submitted a motion to the Scottish Parliament highlighting this event.
1st July 2022 Co-operatives offer the opportunity to build a better world. Paul Sweeney MSP for Glasgow As a Co-operative Party MSP and the Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Co-operatives in the Scottish Parliament, I was pleased to submit a motion to the Scottish Parliament highlighting these events and the wider benefits co-operatives can bring to our society.
24th June 2022 On Employee Ownership Day, we need action by the Scottish Government. Paul Sweeney MSP for Glasgow On Employee Ownership Day, Paul Sweeney MSP calls for real action from the Scottish Government to deliver their own target of 500 Employee-Owned Businesses in Scotland by 2030.
29th April 2022 Call for a food champion in Renfrewshire Alison Ann-Dowling Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party Council Candidate for Houston, Crosslee & Linwood Food Justice campaigner and Co-operative Party candidate, Alison Ann-Dowling, highlights the work that she will do with her fellow Scottish Co-operative candidates if re-elected.
26th April 2022 MSPs Praise Co-operative Movement Support for Ukraine Foysol Choudhury MSP Labour MSP for the Lothian region Lothian MSP, Foysol Choudhury, calls Scottish Parliament's attention to donation from Scotmid Co-operative and highlights the international vision of the co-operative movement
8th April 2022 Scottish Co-operative Ideas Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland) Scottish Labour launched its Local Election Manifesto at New Lanark. Appropriately for a launch at a mill with such a strong co-operative history there is a Co-operative thread running all the way through the Scottish Labour manifesto.
15th February 2022 Time is Running out to Support the Right to Food in Scots Law Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland) Help us in the campaign for a legal Right to Food in Scotland and fill out Rhoda Grant's consultation.
22nd December 2021 Cheers to Community Owned Whisky Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands Rhoda Grant MSP has tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament welcoming the release of the first whisky produced in Dingwall in nearly one hundred years. GlenWyvis Distillery is a Community Benefit Society.
8th December 2021 Scottish Budget: Act now to save our high streets Daniel Johnson MSP for Edinburgh Southern Ahead of the Scottish Budget on Thursday 9 December, Daniel Johnson MSP sets out the need for a level playing field on our high streets and for all organisations to pay their fair share.
6th October 2021 Disappointed at attempt to kick Right to Food Bill into the Long Grass Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands SNP and Green MSPs vote for Rhoda Grant MSP to re-run consultation on the Right to Food Bill.
6th October 2021 Paul Sweeney MSP elected as Convener of Cross-Party Group on Co-operatives Paul Sweeney MSP for Glasgow Scottish Co-operative Party MSP becomes champion of the movement in the Scottish Parliament.
4th October 2021 Tackling Inequality and Poverty – The Case for Community Wealth Building Paul Sweeney MSP for Glasgow In the face of increasing inequality and poverty Paul Sweeney MSP makes a plea for a genuine Community Wealth Building Approach from the Scottish Government.
30th September 2021 Community Wealth and the Emergence of ‘Green Lairds’ Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands Faceless landowners are exploiting environmental grants and buying up land in the Highlands & Islands and extracting wealth from the community. Rhoda Grant MSP makes the case for genuine community ownership.
29th September 2021 Land Ownership Should Create Community Wealth Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland) Scottish Co-operative Party MSP Rhoda Grant is leading a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday on the need for reform of the ownership of land in Scotland.
23rd September 2021 Ferries won’t be made in Scotland despite Scottish Government owning the shipyard Neil Bibby MSP for West Scotland This announcement means more jobs and more money going overseas at a time of economic crisis.
20th September 2021 The Scottish Government can’t sit on its hands whilst Universal Credit is cut Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP for the Glasgow region and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice & Social Security The UK Government must reinstate the uplift before they plunge more people into poverty, and the Scottish Government must get a move on and use the social security powers that it has.
14th September 2021 Urgent and bold action is needed to avert climate catastrophe Monica Lennon MSP for Central Scotland With all eyes on Scotland ahead of COP26, it has never been more important to meet our obligations to the world and set an example. This means taking an unequivocal position on new oil and gas plans like the proposed Cambo oil field.
10th September 2021 Co-op Councillor calls for Glasgow to support Fair Tax Stephen Curran Glasgow City Councillor It is not too much to ask to get companies which are looking for public contracts to pay their way and pay the correct rate of tax, at the correct time and in the correct jurisdiction.
9th September 2021 A worker buyout law is vital to saving businesses and jobs in Scotland Paul Sweeney MSP for Glasgow Workers should be assisted to take over their place of work when they face the threat of redundancy.
3rd September 2021 It’s time for a Right to Food in Scotland Rhoda Grant MSP MSP for Highlands and Islands Access to food is a human right, but it is currently being denied to too many people in Scotland. To make that right a reality, we need the ability to enforce it.
2nd May 2021 We need a Co-operative Recovery for the Highlands and Islands Rhoda Grant MSP for Highlands and Islands
22nd April 2021 A Co-operative Recovery Anas Sarwar Leader of Scottish Labour and MSP for Glasgow Today, I set out Scottish Labour's plan for our national recovery from this crisis, and I know that our national recovery must be a co-operative recovery too.
8th April 2021 Sarwar Announces Summer Meal Clubs to tackle Holiday Hunger Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland)
23rd March 2021 Cheers! Tied Pubs Bill passes and gives greater consumer choice Neil Bibby MSP for West Scotland
18th March 2021 Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative: the Co-operative movement making a difference! Lesley Hinds
7th March 2021 Newest Co-op Councillor outlines Co-op Difference Peter Kelly Councillor for Fortissat, North Lanarkshire
28th January 2021 Scottish Budget Day – Invest in our Communities Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland)
7th January 2021 Co-operative Party endorsed candidates for the Scottish Labour List Selection 2021 Rita Miller Chair of the Scottish Co-operative Party
31st December 2020 Maria Fyfe – Force of Nature, Champion of Remember Mary Barbour Campaign Johann Lamont Chair, Co-operative Party Scottish Parliament Group