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 &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Mervyn Wilson (Principal &amp;mdash; Co-operative College)&lt;/span&gt;  Few co-operators could have imagined that, in the run up to an ele . . . . &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.home.coop/scale_img.php?pic=wilsoncoffey.jpg&amp;max=150&amp;folder=pics"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cameron's Co-ops: Mutuo and Plaid Cymru react [Part 2]</title><link>http://www.thenews.coop/news/Wider Co-op Movement/1739</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thenews.coop/news/Wider Co-op Movement/1739</guid><category>Wider Co-op Movement</category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Peter Hunt (Mutuo &amp;mdash; Chief Executive)&lt;/span&gt;  Politicians are right to see the potential for co-ops to run public services,  . . . . &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.home.coop/scale_img.php?pic=huntfranks.jpg&amp;max=150&amp;folder=pics"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>CFS chief’s plea on banking assets</title><link>http://www.thenews.coop/news/Retail Societies/1736</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thenews.coop/news/Retail Societies/1736</guid><category>Retail societies</category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt; The Government&amp;rsquo;s stakes in Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, should only be sold to those institutions that &amp;ldquo;can best deliver against a range of specified crit . . . . &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cameron's Co-ops: Co-operatives UK and The Green Party react [Part 1]</title><link>http://www.thenews.coop/news/Wider Co-op Movement/1737</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thenews.coop/news/Wider Co-op Movement/1737</guid><category>Wider Co-op Movement</category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:30:00 +0100</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;  &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;David Coulter (Deputy Chief Executive &amp;mdash; Co-operatives UK)&lt;/span&gt;  David Cameron&amp;rsquo;s recent announcement about employees . . . . &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.home.coop/scale_img.php?pic=coultercato.jpg&amp;max=150&amp;folder=pics"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Tories plan to use co-ops to shake up public services</title><link>http://www.thenews.coop/news/Politics/1738</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thenews.coop/news/Politics/1738</guid><category>Politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:15:00 +0100</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;  A Conservative Government will give public sector workers a powerful new right to form employee owned co-ops to take over the services they deliver.  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C . . . . &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>SEC leaders set out case for an expanded sector</title><link>http://www.thenews.coop/news/Social Enterprise/1729</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.thenews.coop/news/Social Enterprise/1729</guid><category>Social enterprise</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt; Ms Dove observed that Wales is &amp;ldquo;an incredibly exciting place to be for social enterprise&amp;rdquo; and added that &amp;ldquo;at a time when many want to see ethics, morality, fairness and  . . . . &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.home.coop/scale_img.php?pic=page05.indd5202.jpg&amp;max=150&amp;folder=pics"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>