Policies
Transport
For several years, the Co-operative Party has fought the ‘People’s Rail’ campaign to give the British public real power over Network Rail. Yet it is not just the rail network where there is an accountability gap. The recent forced nationalisation of the East Coast mainline demonstrates the degree to which private sector operators can often [...]
Energy
Experts have a tendency to see solutions to fuel poverty, energy security and climate change as competing, conflicting and irresolvable. Yet a movement towards communities collectively owning their own energy has the potential to meet all three of these challenges head on. Our ‘collective power’ model provides a blueprint for how this can be done [...]
Education
To be effective in a modern global economy, young people need to be equipped not only with individual skills, but the knowledge and understanding to effectively work in teams – to learn to co-operate. In order to give young people a well-rounded education, it is equally important that education also focuses on developing ethical values [...]
