A major political group to support the UK Co-operative Movement was launched at 10 Downing Street today by Cabinet Minister Ed Miliband.

THE Co-op Movement's educational charity for young people faces a battle for survival after being denied central government funding for the first time in 40 years. The Woodcraft Folk and its 9,000 members around the country have launched a campaign to reverse the decision after being informed by the Department for Education and Skills that their grant aid is being ended for at least the next three years because it "does not represent good value for money."