The Co-operative Party

Labour & Co-operative MP Louise Ellman and Labour & Co-operative Assembly Member Nicky Gavron are hosting an event on the Israeli co-operative movement. Danny Gavron in conversation Alternatives to the Market Society: Kibbutz, Commune, and Co-operative – Can we learn from the Israeli experience? Sponsored by Louise Ellman MP in partnership with Nicky Gavron AM [...]

The London Co-operative Party has announced its candidates for the elections of 3 May for the London Assembly. Three new candidates will be joining the five existing Labour & Co-operative Assembly Members of the Assembly. The new candidates include former Member of Parliament Andrew Dismore, fighting the key Tory-held battleground of Barnet & Camden. In [...]

London Assembly Member Nicky Gavron writes on the potential for Co-operative Housing ahead of May’s elections in London. In London, no one can be unaware that we are in the midst of a housing crisis. So the Co-operative Housing (Tenure) Bill is timely and welcome. With supply at an all time low, spiralling private sector [...]

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.

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 [...]

Boris Johnson believes that big developers shouldn’t have to contribute affordable housing in exchange for planning permission. Watch me challenge Boris on his failure to stand up for affordable housing requirements at this morning’s Mayor’s Question Time. In response to … Continue reading →

TfL today launched the consultation on Crossrail 2, a proposed south west to north east service to complement the east-west route currently being constructed. Have your say https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/crossrail/2 Respondents will be asked if they support the principle of a new … Continue reading →

Last week the Government announced which areas will be exempt from the dangerous new policy allowing developers to turn offices of all sizes into flats almost overnight without planning permission. Whilst there was good news for central London, two-thirds of … Continue reading →

London Assembly Labour group’s press release, including my statement, following Government’s announcement on exemptions for the incoming policy allowing developers to convert offices to flats without planning permission. LONDONASSEMBLYLABOUR news release 13.05.2013 Immediate release Businesses and boroughs lose out with … Continue reading →

We’d be better off with Larry the Cat running City Hall It is one year since Boris Johnson was re-elected Mayor of London. During the election campaign he made several high profile commitments, including: 1,000 more police, to “bear down” … Continue reading →

Together George Osborne and his cronies in the coalition spent last week patting themselves on the back for what they apparently considered a feat of economic management: a meagre 0.3% growth, meaning the economy is still smaller than it was … Continue reading →