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Event: Accountability in the Railways, 7 December
This joint event between the Friends of the Co-operative Ideal and SERA – the Labour Environment Campaign are hosting this joint event looking at the accountability gap in Britain’s railways. Building on the Co-operative Party’s campaign The People’s Rail, we will be looking at the opportunities for mutual structures on our rail network, from infrastructure [...]
Event: South West weekend school, 21/22 January, Torquay
The South Western Co-operative Party is holding its annual weekend school in Torquay on the weekend of 21/22 January 2012. The designation of 2012 as International Year of Co-operatives by the United Nations gives the co-operative movement a once in a millennium opportunity to demonstrate to everyone the different way of doing business that is [...]
Co-operative Party activists demonstrate outside Northern Rock HQ
Activists from the North East Co-operative Party will be protesting tomorrow about the government’s imminent sale of Northern Rock at the bank’s as part of our Feeling’s Mutual campaign. Activists are forming a queue outside of the Newcastle HQ of the Bank to remind us of the consequences of Northern Rock’s demutualisation and subsequent collapse [...]
Huw Lewis tells Progress it’s time to scrap feudal housing laws
Writing in this month’s edition of Progress magazine, and also available online, Labour & Co-operative Member of the Welsh Assembly Huw Lewis outlines his support for the campaign for Co-operative Housing Tenure – HomeShares. As the Welsh government’s minister for housing, regeneration and heritage, Huw is bringing forward plans to revolutionise the provision of co-operative housing [...]
Scottish Co-operative Party Campaign Convention 2011
The Scottish Co-operative Party’s Campaign Convention is being held this year in Edinburgh on Saturday 19 November. UPDATE: This event will now also feature a hustings for Scotland’s Labour Leader, held jointly with SERA Scotland. The Campaign Convention will include the launch of the Scottish Local Government Manifesto which will be led by Margaret Curran MP, Shadow Secretary [...]
Event: Co-operative Housing, 24 November, Manchester
Whilst the UK’s housing stock only comprises of 0.6% co-operative housing, the European average is 15% with some countries such as Turkey and Norway having as much as 25% of housing being owned and run by co-ops. This country is one of the few that does not recognise co-operative housing in law. That’s why we [...]
Gordon Brown addresses UN to launch the UN International Year of Co-operatives
To launch the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives in 2012, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown addressed the United Nations today alongside representations of the co-op movement, the ILO and Dame Pauline Green of the International Co-operative Alliance. The United Nations has declared 2012 to be the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives, giving co-ops and [...]
Europe has a wealth of Co-operative expertise – it’s time we made full use of it
Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, Glenis Willmott MEP, writes for the Co-operative Party on the potential for co-operatives in Europe. The beauty of the Co-operative solution is that it can be applied to so many different problems. Co-operatives have been tried and tested in every area from farming to finance. Not only have [...]
Event: Co-operative Housing, 23 November, Westminster
Whilst the UK’s housing stock only comprises of 0.6% co-operative housing, the European average is 15% with some countries such as Turkey and Norway having as much as 25% of housing being owned and run by co-ops. This country is one of the few that does not recognise co-operative housing in law. That’s why we [...]
Policy and Campaigns Internship
The Co-operative Party is seeking a Policy and Campaigns Intern to work with party staff on policy and campaigns. The internship will offer experience of policy research, campaign planning and the working environment of a party political office. The internship is located at the Party’s office in London Bridge. Applicants should have a commitment to the values of [...]
