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‘Politics is about choices’: Co-op Party’s Preet Kaur Gill MP addresses Labour Conference

'The Co-op Party has stood shoulder to shoulder with the Labour Party in the fight for…

European Parliament resolution highlights power of co-ops to fix the platform economy

The European confederation of industrial and service co-operatives (CECOP) welcomed the resolution

Worker co-ops and social economy sector respond to EU State of the Union speech

The speech did not make any references to the upcoming Social Economy Action Plan, due to…

US Congress Committee passes legislation to enable co-ops to access SBA loan guarantees

The legislation would provide US$500m to pilot a co-op lending programme

More questions from MPs over demutualisation plan for LV=

Gareth Thomas MP asked a number of questions, including an inquiry about future pension arrangements for…

Co-op Party condemns government plan for National Insurance hike

'As co-operators, we know that increasing funds into a market dominated by private interests won’t fix…

Lord Adebowale: Co-ops should work more closely with social enterprise

'The form that we choose is largely a matter of choice. We need to spend less…

Competition watchdog to investigate retail co-ops’ funeral deal

The CMA will look at the proposed transfer of funeral assets from Midcounties to Central England

Co-op course created to address knowledge gap in accountancy and legal professions

'Australia’s lawyers and accountants are currently graduating without spending any time on this type of business…

USA: Co-ops mentioned in bipartisan bill to create regional innovation hubs

An amendment to the bill would strengthen support for co-operatives

Funding boost for Malaysian co-op sector

The initiative forms part of the federal government’s RM 150 billion People’s Wellbeing and Economic Recovery…

National strategy for co-ops in Jordan

The strategy was developed with the technical and financial support from the ILO in Jordan