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Politics & Legal

ILO highlights key role of co-ops in EU external action

November 2, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Agriculture

US top 100 co-ops earned a combined $309bn in revenue for 2025

November 2, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Agri co-ops dominate the top ten, and CHS retains the number one spot with $35,463m
Politics & Legal

Andrew Pakes appointed UK co-ops champion by the government

October 28, 2026
Miles Hadfield
The Labour/Co-op MP will work on developing opportunities for growth as the government looks to double the sector
Development

Mozambique plans to create 500,000 jobs through co-op development programme

October 28, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Uncategorized

Australian co-ops want community ownership recognised in Closing the Gap policy

October 27, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Banking and Insurance

Regulators choose six building societies for scale-up project

October 27, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Business

First interim results for newly formed OurCoop show ‘strong progress’

October 27, 2026
Rebecca Harvey

What is Co-op News and what do we do?

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We connect, challenge and champion co-ops and co-operators around the world, through fair and objective journalism, and open and honest comment and debate. We are published by the Co-operative Press co-operative and are fully accountable to our members. To join and become a member-owner of Co-op News, find out more here.

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Banking and Insurance

Electric co-op teams up with CoBank to donate $30,000 to childcare centre

November 2, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Retail

East of England Co-op launches ‘robotic smoothie’ machine in Chelmsford

November 2, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Sports & Culture

Lancaster Music Co-op secures £100,000 to reopen grassroots venue

October 29, 2026
Miles Hadfield
Community business

Three retailers expand their space at community-owned Dewsbury Arcade

October 29, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Health

Belgian domestic workers launch co-op to improve working conditions

October 28, 2026
Ciarán Daly
Energy

Home battery partnership for electric co-op in Georgia, USA

October 26, 2026
Miles Hadfield

Spotlight: 2026 ICA Global Cooperative Conference

Federations and co-op apexes

UN voices for peace at the Global Cooperative Conference

September 24, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
Federations and co-op apexes

World co-op conference focuses on peace and the global role of the movement

September 19, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
Federations and co-op apexes

Co-operatives are a ‘force for peace’, ICA conference hears

September 19, 2026
Rebecca Harvey

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Editor’s pick

Development

Butterflies: Co-op lessons from the street children of New Delhi

July 30, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
‘Too often we speak about young people as the leaders of tomorrow … I believe they are leaders today; they simply need opportunities, trust and space to contribute’
Federations and co-op apexes

Celebrating #CoopsDay2026: How the world’s co-ops are building peace together

July 3, 2026
Rebecca Harvey
‘Let us continue building together the future we want and deserve, for ourselves and for the generations that come after us’

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