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In a changing economy, with a rise in self-employment and the number of small business, how can we help people gain security and grow and develop their business ideas? Britain is after all, renowned as a nation of invention and creativity…
LabourList readers have rejected calls to oppose freedom of movement as immigration continued to be a source of debate among the party's MPs. Two-thirds of readers - 67 per cent - said Labour should not commit to ending free movement. A…
In light of our poor result in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election, and Labour MPs' call for a clearer message on Brexit, we ask should Labour commit to opposing freedom of movement? After Angela Rayner, the shadow education…
Later on tonight, the Treasury will further stack the decks against those mutuals and co-operatives providing financial services - by blocking Co-op Party amendments to allow credit unions to make it more attractive to save. Credit unions…
The Northern Powerhouse was George Osborne's promise to re-balance the north south divide in the economy. Can the party that proposed “managed decline” for Liverpool in the 1980s really deliver the Northern Powerhouse? While the…
As the political uncertainties and consequences of Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory swirl around, the Co-operative Party will be focusing on the local as we hold our first ever Co-operative councillors' conference in Manchester today. The…
The new breed of metro mayors should appoint deputies to champion the growth of co-operatives across their regions, campaigners say today. The recommendation was one of a series designed to boost mutual approaches to the economy and public…
Earlier this year, the shadow chancellor John McDonnell committed a future Labour and Co-operative government to doubling the size of the UK’s co-operative economy. As a former organiser for the Co-operative Party in the Midlands, before…
Each birthday celebrates a date of birth and, at each birthday, relatives relive where they were and what they were doing that day. This week 99 years ago, hundreds of representatives of Britain’s co-operative movement gathered at Methodist…
This is one of a series of articles to mark Shared Economy, Shared Power, the Co-operative Party annual conference which runs from Friday 9 September to Sunday 11 September in Cardiff. Whether it be elections in our sister party, a change…
This is one of a series of articles to mark Shared Economy, Shared Power, the Co-operative Party annual conference which runs from Friday 9 September to Sunday 11 September in Cardiff. This year’s Co-operative Party conference – which…
This is one of a series of articles to mark Shared Economy, Shared Power, the Co-operative Party annual conference which runs from Friday 9 September to Sunday 11 September in Cardiff. Councillors know all too well the hard choices that are…
