The Co-operative Party

Most Labour activists, councillors and MPs will be familiar with the housing crisis in Britain. First time buyers are now confronted with an average house price of more than £160,000 (£280,000 in London) to get their first step on the housing ladder, and the average deposit required has now hit £52,000. Many people simply cannot [...]

Co-operative housing models play an important role in the UK’s current housing crisis and have proven to be affordable alternatives. Housing co-operatives have helped many families that were struggling to get a foot on the housing ladder and we must be committed to providing them with the full backing of the law, says Jonathan Reynolds [...]

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 [...]

Last Wednesday, co-operators gathered in Westminster with Labour's Shadow Housing Minister to discuss Labour & Co-operative MP Jonathan Reynolds’ private members bill on co-operative housing tenure, reports Daniel Carey-Dawes.

Most Labour activists, councillors and MPs will be familiar with the housing crisis in Britain. First time buyers are now confronted with an average house price of more than £160,000 (£280,000 in London) to get their first step on the housing ladder, and the average deposit required has now hit £52,000. Many people simply cannot [...]

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 [...]

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to minimise legal costs to schools who wish to convert to academy status.

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what planning guidance his Department issues to local authorities in relation to the conversion of existing buildings into residential dwellings situated in green-belt land.

Jonathan Reynolds: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West (Paul Uppal). He asked us about the debt to GDP percentage ratio. Looking at the 1996-97 financial year, after 10 years of a Labour Government we not only had a lower debt to GDP percentage ratio, but our deficit was lower.

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 February 2013, Official Report, column 773W, on incapacity benefit, how many claimants who have been reassessed for incapacity benefit in (a) Stalybridge and Hyde constituency and (b) Tameside metropolitan borough since May 2010 have not subsequently gone on to claim employment and support allowance.

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 February 2013, Official Report, column 773W, on incapacity benefit, how many recipients of incapacity benefit have been referred to Work Choice in (a) Stalybridge and Hyde constituency and (b) Tameside Metropolitan Borough since May 2010.

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the cost of making all UK rail stations compliant with the Equality Act 2010.

Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the viability of the Tram Train technology in Greater Manchester.

Jonathan Reynolds: Our objectives in Afghanistan have always been noble, but surely there are lessons to learn from how we have pursued them at various times during the conflict. That applies not only to specific decisions, as my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) mentioned, but to how we have deployed and rotated our forces, which initially led to a frequent change of tactics. As we...

Jonathan Reynolds: I have raised this matter before, but Members of Parliament from Greater Manchester are desperately seeking a chance to debate the imminent privatisation of passenger transport ambulance services in the conurbation. Soon, those services will no longer be delivered by the NHS, but by Arriva buses as the Government’s agenda for the NHS starts to take shape in our constituencies. I have...

Jonathan Reynolds: What progress he made on the adoption of an industrial strategy for the UK.