Britain's largest housing co-operative has formed in Rochdale, on an historic day for the movement. On December 21st at 8pm, the tenants of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) voted to take ownership of all 13,800 housing units owned by the Borough. RBH will immediately become the largest housing co-operative in Britain. The new co-op will operate an enterprise with over £30 million in turnover, 620 employees and home to 40,000 people. The results were originally to be announced on the 20th of ...

A historic symbol of Rochdale’s rich heritage has returned to the borough after an absence of almost 20 years. The original Toad Lane caste iron street sign that was in place when the Rochdale Pioneers founded the first ever Co-operative store in 1844 has been officially handed back by a former Rochdale councillor. A special ceremony at Touchstones on 21 December, the anniversary of the opening of the Pioneers’ store 167 years ago, saw David Williams, once Chair of the Rochdale Co-op Party, ...