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Credit union launches tree-planting initiative as part of sustainability plans

First Rate Credit Union is working with Just One Tree on the scheme which it says…

MP tables bill to require big banks to work to credit unions and CDFis

Labour/Co-op MP Gareth Thomas's bill is aimed at increasing lending to small businesses and co-operatives and…

Putting co-operation at the heart of education in Wales

Opinion piece by David Smith of Co-operatives Wales

Molly Scott Cato: Green Party is a good match for co-op movement

James Hawksworth talks to the co-operator and former MEP about the shifting UK political landscape

Sector report on UK community energy highlights role of co-ops

Nick Milton takes a look at the annual report from Community Energy England

Co-ops should step up the fight for our future

Chris Packham – naturalist, campaigner, author and television presenter – on co-ops and the environment

Northern Ireland’s credit unions report record annual performance

The collective loan book of credit unions affiliated with the ILCU hit an all-time high of…

Can co-ops help end capital extraction in the UK care system?

A report from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies calls on councils to redirect their care…

2025 in review: Co-op stories from the year

A selection of some of the news we've carried over the past 12 months

New year’s honours list includes co-operators Peter Hunt and Ed Mayo

Mutuo CEO Peter Hunt and former Co-operatives UK secretary general Ed Mayo receive MBEs, while the…

2025 in review: Debbie Robinson

CEO, Central Co-op

2025 in review: Rose Marley

CEO, Co-operatives UK