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Co-operation: Addressing the challenges of our time

Hazel Johnson, trustee of the Co-operative College, looks at how the movement can bring structural change…

Cecop calls for stronger social economy in run-up to EU elections

Social economy enterprises employ 19.1 million people and account for 6.3% of the total paid workforce…

Co-op Party research sparks Campaign for Food Justice

‘Councils are at the sharp end of having to deal with the effect of years of…

Spring statement: What co-ops need to know

Chancellor Philip Hammond announced new policies around housing and digital businesses which could impact some co-ops

Andy Burnham’s Co-operative Commission calls for a new Manchester economy

'As the home of the co-operative movement, it’s vital we harness those values and put them…

Treasury minister John Glen highlights new measures to support credit unions

'The challenge for you as a sector is to ensure that social and community lenders can…

How to get your co-op Brexit ready

If co-ops are committed to the UK because they are committed to their members, how can…

Co-op Party rebrands to reflect renewed ambition

The party's new logo incorporates a bee

Fairtrade post Brexit – opportunities and risks for farmers in developing countries

Renegotiating tariffs could mean reducing tariffs on wealthier banana exporters, which would make it much harder…

Brexit rages on – but how did the UK co-op movement feel about joining in 1973?

The UK’s relationship with the Common Market was no less controversial when the country joined

First meeting of Andy Burnham’s commission for a co-operative Manchester

Commissioners want to 'spread opportunities brought by growth to people across the region'

Four Co-op Party MPs quit the Labour Party as part of breakaway group

Mike Gapes, Luciana Berger, Gavin Shuker and Chris Leslie join four Labour MPs and three Tories…