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Co-operative Party Gala Dinner 2013 with Ed Balls MP
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Luciana Berger visits Brixton Energy co-operative
Luciana Berger visited Repowering South London’s award winning Solar projects in Brixton this month to find out how local co-operative community energy generation can be successful and what the Government should do to support it. The project in Brixton is one of the few community energy schemes that have found success despite this Government’s feed-in-tariff [...]
New Labour & Co-operative councillor in flagship co-operative council
The Co-operative Party’s Head of Communications and member of the Co-operative Group’s South London Area Committee, Martin Tiedemann, was last Thursday (17 January) elected as a Labour & Co-operative councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth. Elected for Brixton Hill ward, home to Lambeth Town Hall and Brixton Prison, Cllr Tiedemann replaced former council leader [...]
Pontypridd public meeting on co-operative housing and welfare reform
Pontypridd Co-operative Party are holding a public meeting on 24 January on Co-operative Housing and Welfare Reform. The meeting will be chaired by Mick Antoniw, AM for Pontypridd and Chair of the Welsh Assembly Co-operative Group. The meeting will discuss, with the Housing Minister, the Welsh Government’s plans for co-operative housing and a discussion on [...]
No community-led projects on London Green Fund list, London Assembly hears
The Mayor’s London Green Fund has not found any commercially viable co-operative or community-led projects to invest in, the London Assembly heard this week[1]. The Fund was set up in 2009 with £100m[2] to invest on commercial rates to projects in the capital with a positive impact on the environment. Returns from the loans and [...]
Lord Kennedy calls for support for credit unions in House of Lords debate
Lord Kennedy of Southwark led a debate in the House of Lords this week on credit unions. John Hite reports on the latest from the upper house. On the 13th of December, the House of Lords engaged in a debate regarding the successes and future potential of credit unions and mutuals, requested by Labour Co-operative peer [...]
Luciana Berger leads parliamentary debate on food banks and food poverty
John Hite reports from a debate in Parliament this week where MPs discussed the growing use of food banks to address food poverty. Earlier this week, a seemingly one-sided debate occurred within the House of Commons regarding food poverty and its growing effect within the UK. Led by Co-operative MP Luciana Berger, Labour and Co-operative [...]
Co-operative MPs debate a better banking system
Earlier this month, a Parliamentary debate gave Labour & Co-operative MPs the chance to raise their concerns with the current banking culture and structure. Sharon Hou reviews their ideas for a better banking system based on co-operative values. As our Parliamentary Group Chair, Cathy Jamieson MP declared during the debate, ‘the culture of banking must [...]
European Policy Event: 20 October, Gateshead
The Alternatives to Austerity Debated A major policy conference based in the North East rather than the South East! This is also the International Year of Co-operatives. Chaired by Stephen Hughes MEP, Durham. Speakers include Mick Henry – Leader of Gateshead Council (To be confirmed). Nick Forbes – Leader of Newcastle Council. Alejandro Cercas – [...]
Power to the People: The energy co-operative with 42 million customers
Co-operative energy has become more popular in the United States and one particular company has emerged as a leader of the field. Ahead of tonight’s Parliamentary event on co-operative energy, Sharon Hou reports on Gareth Thomas MP’s recent visit. Last week, Co-operative Party Chair and Labour & Co-operative MP Gareth Thomas visited the National Rural [...]
