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Co-operative Party announces general election candidates and policy platform

Ideas include plans to rebalance the economy towards the regions and to give more power to…

Andy Burnham cruises to victory in Manchester as Labour/Co-op mayor but other candidates fall short

Shock results include Conservative wins over mayoral candidates Lesley Mansell in the West of England and…

France’s Emmanuel Macron pledges support for co-ops and the social economy

The incoming president says he wants to support innovation in the sector and relaunch the social…

Jean-Louis Bancel elected president of Cooperatives Europe

He said he would work to increase recognition of the co-op model, set out a new…

Could Amazon Mechanical Turk workers own artificial intelligence technology?

Automation threatens to wipe out millions of jobs – and even those teaching tasks to computers…

Our view: Show our general election candidates the co-op way

Despite a short election cycle, this month is the chance to get prospective MPs to commit…

Election 2017: A wishlist from social business leaders

Sector body Co-operatives UK has drawn up a list of policy asks for all political parties,…

Co-op Group to redistribute 20 million meals to good causes around the UK

The scheme, which will also reduce waste, will see food given to organisations in 2,500 towns…

Former head of Sunkist growers co-op Russell Hanlin Snr dies at 84

A leading figure in global trade, he led the co-op for 20 years and also served…

What policies will the Co-operative Party take into the general election campaign?

The Party's manifesto pledges to build an economy ‘where power and wealth are more equally shared’,…

Election 2017: What can co-operatives expect from the next government?

Most co-operators will be looking at Jeremy Corbyn thanks to Labour’s links to the movement but…

Can digital badges help show the ‘co-op character’?

Dr Doug Belshaw of the We Are Open Co-op discussed the idea, which would show a…