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Agriculture

Arla warns of skills shortage threatening British farms

August 13, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Politics & Legal

India moves to expand NCDC’s mandate and financing powers

August 13, 2026
Ciarán Daly
The Indian Parliament has passed legislation that is set to expand the mandate and the financing remit of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). The National Cooperative Development Corporation (Amendment)…
Banking and Insurance

Mutual model can help tackle growing financial insecurity, says BSA

August 13, 2026
Miles Hadfield
‘We need to ensure the sector has the freedom to keep innovating’
Equality

Senegal launches National Cooperative Gender Platform

August 12, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Agriculture

North Bay Produce to share $16m patronage around its grower-owners

August 11, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Business

Debbie White steps down as chair of Co-op Group

August 10, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
Finance

Nepal’s co-op fraud victims stage protests in Kathmandu

August 7, 2026
Miles Hadfield

What is Co-op News and what do we do?

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Banking and Insurance

US National Cooperative Bank returns $44.79m to stockholders

August 13, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Politics & Legal

Tanzanian government calls for tighter oversight of co-operatives

August 13, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Agriculture

US farm co-ops apex joins calls to end Agricultural Act deadlock

August 10, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Education

Selce runs community share offer for school heat pump

August 10, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Credit Unions

Greater Manchester credit unions announce merger

August 6, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Credit Unions

Canadian credit unions request regulatory nod for merger

August 6, 2026
Miles Hadfield

Spotlight: Co-op learning around the world

Business

A century of ULCCS: A worker co-op success story from Kerala

July 3, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
Education

What next for co-op education? Lessons from Icbec

May 13, 2026
Co-operative News
Education

Lessons in education from the Cooperative University of Kenya

May 12, 2026
Rebecca Harvey

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Development

Butterflies: Co-op lessons from the street children of New Delhi

July 30, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
‘Too often we speak about young people as the leaders of tomorrow … I believe they are leaders today; they simply need opportunities, trust and space to contribute’
Federations and co-op apexes

Celebrating #CoopsDay2026: How the world’s co-ops are building peace together

July 3, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
‘Let us continue building together the future we want and deserve, for ourselves and for the generations that come after us’

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