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23 May '12

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Queen Elizabeth sets out Parliament's agenda in her speech in the House of Lords

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United KingdomAn alternative Queen's speech — for co-operatives

No one, it seems, has had a good word to say for this year’s Queen's Speech, yet it could have been so different. If David Cameron had really bought into the Co-op ...

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Global NewsCo-op cuts mortgage rates - Financial Times

The Co-operative Bank has bucked the trend of lenders increasing mortgage rates in recent weeks by cutting the cost of its five-year fixed-rate deals by up to 90 basis points.

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Mutuo Chief Executive Peter Hunt

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United KingdomCoalition needs to do more to promote UK mutuals

Mutuo Chief Executive Peter Hunt has challenged the UK Government to do more to promote mutual businesses and says the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition partners have ...

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Global NewsEd Balls: A manifesto for a Co-operative Britain

For the Labour leadership campaign, Ed Balls, Labour/Co-op MP for Morley & Outwood and the Education Secretary in the previous Government, put together his Co-operative ...

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Global NewsParty raps Northern Rock u-turn

Co-op Party General Secretary Michael Stephenson has criticised the Government’s announcement that it will not re-mutualise Northern Rock. 

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Global NewsSurprise twist in Butterfill Act allows part-demutualisation

The threat to the continued existence of the building society sector as it has been known historically makes this one of the most significant, and negative, points in the history ...

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Global NewsLabour propose co-op ideas across a new government

Labour hopes to clinch another term of Government with an assortment of co-op-centric policies in its 'A Future Fair for All' manifesto.

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Global NewsLiberal Democrats call for a co-op bill

With a Liberal Democrat government, co-operatives would have an important role to play according to the party’s manifesto.

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Global NewsCFS chief's plea on banking assets

Any sale of the Government’s banking assets should not just go to the highest bidder, according to Neville Richardson, CEO of Co-operative Financial Services.


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Global NewsMutual manifesto launches

Returning Northern Rock to the mutual sector is among the many areas where the next Government can help mutuality prosper.


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