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Energy

Great British Energy launches £30m fund for community energy ‘revolution’

September 18, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Politics & Legal

Joe Fortune moves from Co-op Party to Labour as general secretary

September 18, 2026
Miles Hadfield
‘Under Joe’s leadership, the Co-operative Party has reached new highs in membership, influence and electoral representation.’
Banking and Insurance

BCCM hails continued growth of discretionary risk mutuals

September 18, 2026
Miles Hadfield
‘Discretionary mutuals continue to be an important solution for those who are underserved or unserved by the traditional insurance market’
Agriculture

Partnership deal to expand digital identity for African co-ops

September 17, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Development

FICD invites global co-operatives to apply for solidarity fund

September 17, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Federations and co-op apexes

ICA elects 16 co-operators from 16 countries to global board

September 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Business

Competition watchdog could investigate merger of Co-op Group and Southern

September 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield

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

Co-op News is a magazine and news website about and for the global co-op movement

We connect, challenge and champion co-ops and co-operators around the world, through fair and objective journalism, and open and honest comment and debate. We are published by the Co-operative Press co-operative and are fully accountable to our members. To join and become a member-owner of Co-op News, find out more here.

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Credit Unions

Vancity turns 80 and makes a $2m investment in BC communities

September 17, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Credit Unions

Cusos apex opens registration for annual Reimagine conference

September 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Retail

Community Cares donations at East of England Co-op pass £1.2m

September 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Credit Unions

Equitable Bank awards $150,000 to six Canadian credit unions

September 16, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Agriculture

CHS announces plan for $700m soybean processing site

September 15, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Education

Music teachers’ co-op launches for Wirral and Cheshire

September 15, 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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