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Opinion
Opinion
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Energy‘Why there is a place for co-ops in the UK energy system’
Opinion piece from Alex Bird as debate continues over the future of the country's energy supply
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HealthCare, co-ops and the common good: Can we protect our health from the profit motive?
'In an increasingly crowded planet with limited resources, humanity cannot afford to stand by and watch competition for private gain dominate the world'
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Credit UnionsRight to save with a credit union will help defuse pensions time bomb
Labour/Co-op MP Gareth Thomas says employers should be required to offer a payroll deduction service with a local credit union
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PoliticsPlanning a level playing field for co-ops
Co-ops are too often neglected by government and need regulatory reform, writes Jonathan Reynolds MP
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SectorPandemic means it’s time to bring co-ops together
Balu Iyer, regional director of International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific, writes in a personal capacity about why now, more than ever, is the time to co-operate
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SectorGareth Thomas: Labour should drop water and energy nationalisation
The Labour/Co-op MP says voters were put off by the potential cost of nationalisation and favours mutual options for utilities instead
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DevelopmentThe Co-operative Commission needs you!
James Wright, policy officer at Co-operatives UK, on a 'golden opportunity to make devolution work for co-ops' in Manchester
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EducationTransforming communities and changing lives: the impact of co-operative education
Simon Parkinson, principal and chief executive of the Co-operative College, introduces a series of articles on its work
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EconomyWhatever happened to the International Summit of Cooperatives?
Tony Patterson, from Co-op Canada Accelerator, investigates the fate of the high-profile Quebec event
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SectorWill the new Welsh First Minister be good for co-operatives?
Derek Walker, chief executive of Wales Co-operative Centre, on what Mark Drakeford can do for the social economy
