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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. I want to pay tribute to the Co-operative Party 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. The UK’s social care system is in urgent need of…
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. For a number of years, whether big firms pay a fair…
The Co-operative Party has moved to distance itself from rumours that it could be used as a "vehicle" for frustrated Labour centrists to provide a rival Opposition in the aftermath of another Jeremy Corbyn victory in the leadership contest…
Last year thousands of people – including many of you – rallied around to support the Co-operative Party’s Keep it Co-op campaign. The campaign made the case for continuing the historic partnership between the Co-operative Party and…
This start of this month saw the start of the new tax year and what is going to be different about this coming year is that more people than ever before are going to be submitting tax returns. Not because of population growth, but because…
In today’s labour market, uncertainty is the new normal. Casual work, temping, zero hour contracts and diverse forms of self-employment are characteristic of this brave new world of "precarious work". Some 4.6 million today are…
A half-hour drive from Oxford, on the edge of the Cotswolds lies the town of Witney, the heart of David Cameron’s parliamentary constituency. While Range Rovers and chocolate box cottages might spring to mind, life for many of its residents…
With the EU referendum dominating the political landscape next week’s Budget looks set to have a lower profile than in recent times. Despite this it is still a critical opportunity for the Government to take the urgent action required to…
Labour MP Gareth Thomas has today put forward a motion to the House of Commons supporting the idea that employees should be entitled to a share of their company's profits - as a new poll reveals huge public support for the initiative…
Thank you very much for the opportunity to say a few words at the conference today. I wanted to cover three things. First, where the economy is today, and the problems we face. Second, the huge challenge facing all those on the left in…
Workers would win the “right to own” their employers under a Labour government. In a speech to Co-operative UK in Manchester today, John McDonnell promised legislation to give employees first rights on buying out a company that is being…
