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Show filtersCo-operative models can ‘help shape post-Brexit UK economy’
As the UK prepares to leave the European Union, the Co-operative Party has published a collection of essays…
Mutual Guarantee Societies Bill passes first reading in Parliament
A ten-minute rule bill to make provisions for the creation of mutual guarantee societies has passed…
End of year review 2016 – Conferences
January: Ways Forward 4 Conference Ways Forward 4: Building an Economy to Serve People Not Profit, held…
Preview of the Ways Forward 5 Conference: January 2017
Next month’s Ways Forward 5 Conference will be the fifth version of the event, exploring issues…
Social care is approaching a tipping point. Can co-operation help?
A report by the Care Quality Commission warns that adult social care is approaching a “tipping point” –…
Can co-op values play a bigger role in meeting the challenges faced by local authorities?
Co-operatives have a key role to play in building a new local economy – for instance…
Devolution can only work by empowering local communities, argues new report
The government’s devolution agenda must go beyond transferring power to local councils by empowering local communities,…
Calls for credit unions to be included in Help to Save plans
Labour/Co-op MPs are campaigning to include credit unions in the government’s plans for the Help to…