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Interview: Co-op Group Secretary, Dominic Kendal-Ward

And the search for a new Group chair

Summer school to explore the relationship between co-operative law, the co-operative identity and sustainable development

The course is aimed at individuals with a strong interest in co-operative law

Book review: Visions of a co-operative democracy to reshape society

Cooperation: A political, economic and social theory, Bernard E Harcourt, Columbia £28

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…