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Can co-ops beat the cash crisis threatening the UK’s regions?

Campaigns from Cles, Co-operatives UK, Save Birmingham and the Co-op Party are calling for new models…

Building community wealth in the cracks of a broken economy

Report from CLES's Community Wealth Building Summit, held in Manchester, with input from economists and local…

Playground for the New Economy 2023 looks for ways to rebuild democracy

Stir to Action brought the event north for talks, workshops, music and networking opportunities, with contributors…

CLES summit to look at community wealth building as a response to cost of living crisis

'The summit will provide the inspirations and tools to not only survive the coming storm, but…

Carbon Co-op launches planning toolkit for community-led energy

The toolkit aims to support community-led energy planning and prompt discussion of a just transition to…

Wales can show value of devolution by supporting worker democracy, says thinktank

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies has drafted a version of the Marcora Law for consideration…

More campaigners call for co-op role in ‘levelling up’

Responses from Wales Co-operative Centre, CLES and Locality