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Osborne’s announcement on employee share ownership is a ploy to bring in Beecroft by the back door
As if any more proof were needed that Conservative support for co-operatives is nothing more than a veneer to detoxify their brand, today’s announcement by George Osborne on employee share ownership is clearly a device to make their assault on employees’ rights a little more palatable – Beecroft by the back door. The Co-operative Party [...]
Co-operative Party pays tribute to Malcolm Wicks MP
It was announced over the weekend that Labour MP and former Minister Rt. Hon. Malcolm Wicks has passed away. Malcolm, Member of Parliament for Croydon North since 1992, was a great friend and member of the Co-operative Party. A Malcolm made his mark in his first term in Parliament, steering through the Carers Act as [...]
Life as a Campaigning Co-operative Councillor
Later today at Labour Party Conference, our fringe looks at the work of Labour & Co-operative councillors, from supporting credit unions to becoming a Co-operative Council. Here Liverpool City Councillor Nick Crofts – one of the speakers – sets out a few ideas. Liverpool has been a real hub of co-operative politics since the General [...]
Bringing the End Legal Loansharking campaign to Labour Party Conference
The Co-operative Party’s Development & Campaigns Officer Rebecca Mattingly previews tonight’s Labour Party Conference event. Today at Labour Party Conference, the Co-operative Party will join with Movement for Change for an End Legal Loansharking campaign training session. Speakers including Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP and Stella Creasy MP will build on growing activism around the [...]
The Co-operative Party at Labour Party Conference
The Co-operative Party has announced its events at Labour Party Conference which takes place in Manchester next week. We are hosting a varied set of fringe meetings, training events and socials, with partners including CSM, Movement for Change, Compass, the Fabians and Labour Students. We look forward to seeing delegates in Manchester – the Co-operative [...]
Boris: still nothing to support London’s co-operative sector
Having already admitted that he had no plans to support the UN International Year of Co-operatives, a once-in-a-lifetime political opportunity to celebrate the co-op movement, London Mayor Boris Johnson has now told the London Assembly that he has made no effort to address the specific business needs of co-operatives. Responding to Labour & Co-operative Assembly [...]
Supporting Liverpool’s credit unions
Co-operative Party member and Liverpool City Council Cabinet member Cllr Nick Small reports on the Mayor of Liverpool’s £1m investment in credit unions. In May Joe Anderson was elected as Liverpool’s first City Mayor. One of his main pledges was to invest £1m in Liverpool’s credit unions to tackle legal loan sharking (£700,000 of the [...]
Co-operative Party bolsters Legal Loanshark Campaign
Co-operative Party member Hannah Lister reports on the recent Summerfest training event for Co-operative Party activists on our new campaign to end legal loan sharking and promote credit unions as a safer, more affordable alternative. The fight against loansharks and the promotion instead of fair and transparent Credit Unions is something that is a high [...]
Campaigners and co-operators pay tribute to Alf Morris
Today the sad news was announced that Alf Morris, the Labour & Co-operative peer Lord Morris of Manchester, passed away over the weekend after a short illness. Known around the world for his pioneering disability legislation, Alf was a great friend and supporter of the co-operative movement. A schoolteacher, Alf first stood as a Co-operative [...]
Anna Turley selected for Redcar, Stephen Doughty in Cardiff
The Co-operative Party is pleased to announce the selection of two new Labour & Co-operative Parliamentary candidates. Anna Turley, currently the co-ordinator of the Co-operative Councils Network, has been selected to fight the North East seat of Redcar, previously held by Mo Mowlam. Anna is the first Co-operative candidate at parliamentary level in the North [...]
