Archive for Anna Turley
When is a Co-op not a Co-op? When it’s Cleveland Fire Service
Anna Turley considers the Coalition’s plans to ‘mutualise’ Cleveland Fire Service and asks whether it truly matches up to co-operative principles. When is a Co-op not a Co-op? Answer – when it has no employee engagement, no community support, no democratic accountability and can be sold off to the highest bidder. This is the worrying [...]
LabourList takeover: Why are Co-op councils important?
As the Co-operative Party meets in London for its annual conference, there are few areas that are creating more excitement within the movement than the co-operative councils agenda. There’s a genuine sense that local government is the perfect place to be putting co-operative values back into action. Back in July we launched our Co-operative Councils [...]
Ed Miliband hails a co-operative future for Labour councils
Ed Miliband today visited Rochdale to give his backing to Labour councils that are handing power to local people in a radical bid to improve public services and strengthen local communities, writes Anna Turley Instead of doing things to their communities, Labour’s co-operative councils will work with their communities to make sure local services meet the needs of [...]
Local government: The future’s bright, the future’s co-operative
Labour is in power locally across the country. Our actions here provide the kernel of a new, cooperative Labour way of governing, writes Anna Turley Local government has a crucial role to play in the rebuilding of the Labour party. Renewing the party cannot be done through internal debate alone or through the prism of [...]
