The Co-operative Party

Ed Miliband today visited a childcare co-operative in Edinburgh, a City with a Co-operative Council. In a speech during his visit and in a piece written for the Daily Record, Ed pledged Labour would take the lead in reaching out to communities and individuals not involved in the traditional party system. Ed came to the Royal [...]

Ed Miliband today visited Rochdale to give his backing to Labour councils that are handing power to local people in a radical bid to improve public services and strengthen local communities, writes Anna Turley Instead of doing things to their communities, Labour’s co-operative councils will work with their communities to make sure local services meet the needs of [...]

More than 50,000 people marched on Saturday on the ‘The Wave‘ march. Labour activists were out in force, with Ed Miliband also marching and listening to people’s views. You can have a look at some photos on the Facebook page for Ed’s Pledge. Share this:Email

In the final of our series of Q&A with the Labour Leadership candidates, Ed Miliband describes his role in making the last election manifesto the most co-operative ever, and outlines how co-operative ideas can deliver his vision of a fairer, more equal, more just society 1. The Co-operative Party is the sister party of the [...]

When Alex Baker asked LabourList back in June ‘when are our leadership candidates going to start co-operating?’ it was at the beginning of a long, long summer of debate and soul-searching in the party looking for a credible figure to lead us in opposition and be Labour’s Prime Minister. After dozens of hustings, hundreds of [...]