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Sceptical response from co-op movement to Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget

A welcome for the £100m support fund for community business came alongside a call for more…

Co-operators in modern slavery campaign criticise Illegal Migration Bill

It is feared the bill could stop modern slavery victims forced into the UK by traffickers…

Irish co-ops share views on Co-operative Societies Bill

ICOS leaders warn that new rules around mergers, audits and setting up co-ops could have a…

More Singaporean co-ops adopt the Tripartite Standards

Each standard – developed by the government with unions and employers – includes a set of…

BCCM chief gives evidence to Australian Senate on value of co-op sector

Melina Morrison wants legislation on the National Reconstruction Fund to put co-ops on equal footing when…

Co-op Party crime commissioners call for modern slavery watchdog

'It is dismaying and frustrating that Suella Braverman has refused to appoint to the post, and…

Oxfordshire Council gives financial backing to community bus co-op

West Oxfordshire Community Transport said the route, in an area with little alternative provision, had become…

Co-ops join MPs’ calls for more government support for local journalism

Longer-term funding that reaches smaller titles is needed, says the report

Co-op Group will contest £450m legal claim over Somerfield sale

'Co-op strongly disputes both liability and quantum of the claim and the claim will be vigorously…

Co-operators in Jordan look at changes to national sector legislation

Proposals include the inclusion of non-Jordanians in co-ops, strengthening the representation of co-ops and enhancing the…

Colombian government takes steps to include co-ops in public procurement

National sector apex Confecoop welcomed a decree which says public contracts should be tailored to participation…

Meet … Cllr Louise Gittins, chair of the Co-operative Councils’ Innovation Network

'We realised the power of community action and engagement and the difference the co-operative way makes…