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UN report highlights growing recognition for co-op model

The study points to the model's value in advancing sustainable development, decent work and social justice

Finance mutuals invited to seek scale-up support from UK regulators

The FCA and PRA say they are widening Scale-Up Unit criteria for building societies

Licence application submitted for the UK’s first regional co-op bank

North West Mutual, which aims to launch the UK’s first regional co-operative bank, has submitted its…

Nigerian government signs MoU to strengthen co-operative identity

New co-op legislation is promised alongside a six-month national revalidation and re-certification exercise

India moves to expand NCDC’s mandate and financing powers

The government says the bill is intended to make financial assistance more accessible and reduce delays…

Tanzanian government calls for tighter oversight of co-operatives

Tanzania is stepping up efforts to improve governance in its co-operative sector, with the country’s vice…

US farm co-ops apex joins calls to end Agricultural Act deadlock

NCFC CEO Duane Simpson warns that US farmers are 'lready under extreme economic strain'

Nepal’s co-op fraud victims stage protests in Kathmandu

Demonstrators say the government's compensation process is leaving many victims excluded

Appeals court backs Inclusiv in battle over clean energy funding

The EPA is trying to terminate a $1.87bn federal award to allow credit unions looking to…

MPs and mayors urge mutualisation of water companies

A number of Labour/Co-op figures have backed proposals in a report from the Good Growth Foundation

Australian Labor Party adopts commitment to doubling co-op sector

The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals welcomed the move by Anthony Albanese's government 'as a major…

Burnham cabinet includes posts for Labour/Co-op MPs

Changes included Jonathan Reynolds returning to his old job as business secretary and Lucy Powell moving…