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Mike Hedges AM: A Co-operative Future for Housing in Wales?
Mike Hedges, Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Swansea East, looks at how co-operative solutions can address the need for quality affordable housing in Wales. With the average age of first-time buyers being 37 and expected to rise to 40, it’s perfectly clear that the current housing system needs to be changed. Hefty [...]
Scottish Labour Conference: The Case for Co-operative Councils
Next weekend sees the Scottish Labour Party Conference in Dundee. The Scottish Co-operative Party will be in attendance and is holding a fringe meeting on Co-operative Councils as follows: Friday 2 March at 12.45 pm at the Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee Speakers: Sarah Boyack MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Planning Cllr Stephen Curran, [...]
Ken Livingstone, literally putting power in the hands of Londoners
Ahead of the London Mayoral elections, Labour candidate Ken Livingstone today pledged to establish a London energy-purchasing co-operative, helping Londoners save money on their fuel bills by purchasing energy collectively on the wholesale markets. The pledge was a policy in the Co-operative Party’s manifesto for the London elections launched by Ken last year and builds [...]
Jonathan Reynolds MP: Co-operative Party Youth and Young Labour ever closer
Co-operative MP Jonathan Reynolds has been appointed Vice Chair Youth of the Labour Party. Here he outlines how the youth sections of both parties can work ever closer together – and why. Young members are the backbone of political campaigning, turning out week after week on doorsteps and at events across the country. Young Party [...]
So You’re a Co-op Person? Stella Creasy MP hosting co-operative reception in Parliament
Stella Creasy outlines her event in Westminster next week on what it means for Walthamstow to have a Labour & Co-operative Member of Parliament I’m organising an event next Monday 20th February in Parliament for people from Walthamstow to find out more about what it means to have a Co-operative as well as Labour MP. [...]
A co-operative agenda for Welsh Local Government
This weekend, the Co-operative Party is launching its vision for local government in Wales at an event at the Welsh Labour Conference. Four council candidates in the coming elections in Wales explain why co-operative ideas are so critical this May. As Labour Co-operative candidates in the Welsh council elections, we believe in an economy that [...]
The Co-operative Party at Welsh Labour Conference
The Co-operative Party will be at the Welsh Labour Conference this coming weekend in Cardiff, looking ahead to May’s local government elections. We will be launching our Co-operative Agenda for Welsh Local Government at the Co-operative Party and Co-operatives and Mutuals Wales Fringe meeting, 5.30pm, Saturday 18 February 2012, Room 22, Swalec Stadium. Speakers – Alun [...]
Our MPs working for a fairer economy
Parliamentary Officer Joe Fortune outlines the work Co-operative MPs are doing in Parliament to make our economy fairer. The Co-operative Party Parliamentary Group has always sought to provide the movement a range of activity in Westminster, whether it is promoting co-operative legislation, promoting the ideas of the movement and scrutinising proposals to ensure that the co-operative angle is [...]
Co-operative Party says ‘Co-ops Act’ is welcome but could go further
The Co-operative Party has welcomed the Government’s announcement of a Co-operatives Act but says it needs to include new initiatives to boost the co-operative sector. David Cameron spoke in London today about ‘responsible capitalism’, including the announcement of a new co-operatives act to consolidate existing laws. Co-operative Party activists and MPs were responsible for championing [...]
International Year of Co-operatives 2012 kicks off today
The United Nations International Year of Co-operatives 2012 formally started today with events around the world. In London, the Guardian hosted a live panel debate earlier today with Len Wardle, Dame Pauline Green and Ed Mayo, among others. To coincide with the launch, new research was published today showing that membership of co-operatives is three [...]
