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23 May '12

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Global NewsWho I'm backing for Labour leader: Ed Balls

Why do I, as a co-operator, want Ed Balls to be leader of the Labour Party? Simple, because he’s not just called a Labour/Co-op MP, he really delivers for the Co-op ...

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Global NewsCo-op figures back Ed Balls for Leader

Four well-known figures in the Co-operative Movement have issued an open letter in a bid to secure support for Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls.

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Global NewsMinister backs mutuals as model of modern times

This year’s Mutuals Forum organised by think-tank Mutuo took place at the Emirates Stadium London with politicians and business leaders highlighting the sector’s ...

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Global NewsOur grip on the NHS needs to be tightened

I AM one of nature's hoarders; very little gets binned at our house if I feel there is the remotest chance of something having a future use, no matter how slight. Which is why ...

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Global NewsMinister salutes Hull credit union

THE Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alan Johnson MP visited a Hull-based credit union to see how it is progressing seven years after he helped launch it. Mr Johnson, MP for Hull West and Hessle, met Hull and East Yorkshire Credit Union's (HEYCU) directors, staff and volunteers to see how financial inclusion is being promoted by helping people access affordable credit and build up savings. Back in 1999 Mr Johnson spoke at the official launch of what was then known as City of Hull ...

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Global NewsCo-op school faces battle for survival

CO-OPERATIVE Action has awarded a second grant to support a tiny primary school that is fighting to survive as a co-operative in a remote Cumbrian village. Lowick School ? serving an isolated rural community near Coniston Water ? was ordered to close in August, when state backing was withdrawn by a cost-cutting county council. But the 150 year-old Victorian primary school decided enough was enough ? and began rallying support for a survival plan as the country's first state-funded co-op ...

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Global NewsMinister salutes vision of OSG

GOVERNMENT Minister Andrew Smith praised the vision and commitment of Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op when he launched the society's first purpose-built imagine ...

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Global NewsCo-op specialist schools bid lodged

THE eight schools that hope to become the country's first co-operative-sponsored specialist schools have handed in their formal bids to the Department for Education and ...

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Global NewsMPs praise Co-op as Fairtrade champion

CO-OP Party Chairman and 2003 Congress President Gareth Thomas was given the opportunity to praise the Movement's contribution to the expansion of Fairtrade in the House of ...

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Global NewsMinister salutes CIS

TRADE and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has called on other institutional investors to follow the Co-operative Insurance Society's approach to responsible shareholding. Last year CIS, which is committed to actively engaging with companies in which it invests, was the first UK investor to put its entire voting record on its website.

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