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Site last updated on July 30, 2010, 1:45 pm

Co-operatives Fortnight in full swing

Co-operatives Fortnight kicked off on Saturday (June 19th) with the Co-operative Group’s "52 Ways to Change the World Co-operatively" event at Westmister Central Hall.
June 23 2010

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Big Society is not a 'public service cuts' smokescreen

A failure of the traditional left and of free markets calls for the Co-operative Movement to step up and change the economy for the 21st century, according to Phillip Blond of think-tank ResPublica.
July 30 2010

Government need to consider mutual housing

A fringe meeting hosted by the Commission on Co-operative and Mutual Housing briefed delegates on its report on the co-operative and mutual housing sector across England.
July 30 2010

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Cllr Steve Reed … ‘We’re facing cuts . . . we could cut services . . . or we could seek to find an alternative — that’s what we’re choosing to do’

Can co-operatives help cut costs for Lambeth Council?

About 25 years ago I attended a meeting of Labour councillors from various local authorities across the country. We started talking about problems with policing and a very serious councillor from the London Borough of Lambeth explained the answer: the solution, she said, was residents’ militias who would take over responsibility for law and order from the police.
June 25 2010

Plunkett Foundation Chief Executive Peter Couchman

Village co-operative a hit on the radio

After months of anticipation, the villagers of Ambridge in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers have celebrated the opening of their community-owned shop.
June 23 2010