13th February 2020 Scottish Co-operative Party Nominates Jackie Baillie MSP for Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Richard McCready Political Officer (Scotland) 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 for Lothian 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 MSP for West Scotland 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 MSP MSP for Glasgow 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.