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Co-op Party welcomes Labour shift to community-led levelling up

Lisa Nandy announced plans including a community right to buy for threatened assets, doubling the time…

Labour/Co-op MP introduces bill to improve co-ops’ access to capital

Sir Mark Hendrick has put forward a private members' bill to amend the law governing the…

Planning a level playing field for co-ops

Co-ops are too often neglected by government and need regulatory reform, writes Jonathan Reynolds MP

Insights from the 2022 Co-operative Retail Conference

'Retailing has always been driven in part by technological change … but look around: there are…

Co-op Party condemns Sunak budget as missed opportunity

The Co-op Party and Locality say government needs to do more to restructure the ownership of…

Petition for BBC Trust doubles signatures amid licence fee row

The Co-operative Party’s campaign for a mutualised “People’s BBC” has gathered speed this week

Q&As for 2022: Jim McMahon, chair of the Co-op Party

'Throughout all of our work, there has been a common theme – equality'

Bill to support worker buyouts of failing businesses passes first reading in parliament

The legislation is proposed as a way to widen ownership in a post-pandemic economy

Co-op movement calls for local empowerment in response to Rishi Sunak’s budget

Sector bodies welcomed some spending commitments but branded the statement a missed opportunity in terms of…

‘Politics is about choices’: Co-op Party MPs at Labour conference

'While we are proud of our different traditions, we are clear about our shared ambitions'

‘We are the doers and the makers’: Co-op Party celebrates community power

Devolution, decarbonisation and community wealth building were under discussion at the Party's interactive online conference

Co-operative Party Conference: policy debates and campaign workshops

Saving the high streets, alternative models of social care, community-level climate action and the mutualisation of…