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Co-operation is at the heart of the kind of country that Ed Miliband wants to build
Last week, during Ed Miliband’s Q&A with members at Labour Party Conference, Co-operative Party NEC member Alex Baker was able to ask about the role of co-operatives. Ed praised the co-op movement and our last manifesto and expressed his regret that Northern Rock had not been re-mutualised. He underlined the importance of co-operative values in [...]
Gareth Thomas MP’s address to Labour Party Conference
Gareth Thomas MP, Chair of the Co-operative Party, made his annual address to Labour Party Conference last week in Manchester. Watch Gareth’s speech here or read it below: Conference, banking and the City have become bywords in the public’s mind for excess and scandal. Former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank, Bob Diamond, is said to [...]
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 [...]
Stella Creasy MP dinner in Liverpool, 11th October
Stella Creasy MP dinner – an invitation from Liverpool & Sefton Co-operative Party Great news! Stella Creasy has agreed to be the guest of honour at our first Liverpool & Sefton Co-operative Party fundraising dinner. Stella will be speaking about her fantastic work campaigning to End Legal Loan Sharks and what it means to be [...]
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 [...]
