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Co-operative councils brace for Covid-19 recession

'We may not have a blue light, but we are the fifth emergency service. Residents rely…

Cooperatives Europe welcomes European Commission’s Covid-19 recovery plan

The package will direct €750bn in grants and loans to help businesses recover and drive digitisation…

Don’t let post-Covid crash kill us off, social businesses urge chancellor

The Co-op Group has joined 1,000 co-ops, social enterprises and community businesses warning the government that…

US House of Representatives adopts HEROES stimulus act: Co-op movement responds

Put forward by the Democratic Party, the bill introduces reforms that will impact the co-operative and…

Keir Starmer looks forward to working with the Co-op Party

The Labour leader says he is keen to hear the Co-op Party's policy ideas

Woccu releases Covid-19 regulatory guide for credit unions

The guidance provides examples of how national level and international regulators have responded to the crisis

UK Society for Co-operative Studies to host virtual lecture on governance

Prof Sonja Novkovic, from the University of St Mary's, Nova Scotia, will discuss lessons from a…

Covid-19 is posing governance challenges

A number of co-ops have had to postpone their AGMs while others are hosting virtual meetings

Rishi Sunak announces £750m support for charities and social enterprises

Locality and Social Enterprise UK warn the sum falls short of the £4bn hold in the…

US co-ops eligible for Paycheck Protection Program

SBA interim rules indicate most co-operative business sectors will be able to access PPP loans

Co-op Party MPs and peers take places in Starmer’s shadow cabinet

'Working together, the Labour and co-operative movements will continue to be a powerful force for positive…

Two Labour & Co-op MPs join Starmer’s shadow cabinet

Anneliese Dodds is the first woman to be appointed shadow chancellor