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 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 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.