Co-operation: a tool for the next government?
- July 2024
Co-op councils mark their tenth anniversary with a look at community wealth strategies
- 24th Nov 2022
- Community Wealth Building
Delegates from the Co-operative Councils Innovation Network discusses ways to drive growth and build their local co-op sectors
The Co-operative Councils Innovation Network held its tenth anniversary conference in Telford in November, looking at ways to embed grassroots co-op ideas in communities.
Steve Reed, Labour Co-op MP, shadow justice secretary and honorary president of CCIN, said Labour was finally facing the prospect of national power – but warned that the party still has to make a positive offer to inspire voters.
This positive offer can be found in co-op councils, he suggested. “While Labour nationally needed to rebuild trust, our best Labour councils were already doing it and also forging a new way to run public services … Our public services work better when we do things with people rather than to people.”
