A @coopparty.party.coop GAIN from Reform and a @coopparty.party.coop HOLD, not a bad outcome to yesterday's by-elections, well done to the candidates Molly Hartill and Andrew Fox-Hewitt and campaigners 🐝🌹

Co-operative Party@coopparty.party.coop · 3d ago

Two brilliant Labour & Co-operative wins, with a hold in Lambeth and a gain from Reform in Newcastle-under-Lyme! 🌹🐝 Congratulations to our new councillors Molly Hartill and Andrew Fox-Hewitt, and to the local teams who worked so hard to elect them.

Sharing power, sharing ownership, and sharing a little family history too. Caitlin Prowle explains the Co-operative Party on LBC.

Two brilliant Labour & Co-operative wins, with a hold in Lambeth and a gain from Reform in Newcastle-under-Lyme! 🌹🐝 Congratulations to our new councillors Molly Hartill and Andrew Fox-Hewitt, and to the local teams who worked so hard to elect them.

🚨 NEW: 360,399 votes and a landslide victory for the humble bumblebee. 🐝 The people have spoken, and we couldn't be happier with their choice to feature the bumblebee on future Bank of England banknotes! 💷

Co-operative ideas ran through Labour Conference. From businesses owned by workers and communities to community-owned energy and new models for public services, Labour made the case for sharing power and ownership.

Today, we’ve confirmed our first Labour & Co-operative candidates for the 2027 local elections. As our electoral pact with Labour turns 100, they’ll champion shared ownership, stronger communities and more power for people to shape the future of the places they call home.

With ownership back on the agenda after Labour Conference, Interim General Secretary Cait Prowle makes the case for putting more power in more hands. Who owns Britain matters. It decides whose interests come first, who benefits and who gets a say.

We’re stronger when we own things together. Our first Labour & Co-operative Prime Minister Andy Burnham writes for Metro on putting power back in people’s hands. Co-operative ownership gives workers, customers and communities a real stake and a real say.

Ownership matters. New research from Persuasion UK following Andy Burnham’s conference speech suggests arguments about economic power, public control and ownership resonate with voters. That conversation should include sharing ownership and putting more power in more hands.

Steve Akehurst@steveakehurst.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: How does Burnham’s conference speech land with voters when they see it it? In short, very well it seems. A thread on some new video testing of the PM’s speech among voters by @persuasionuk.bsky.social Top line findings and some caveats below! 🧵👇

Journey home from Labour Conference a bit of a slog? Good news: you can join our next conference from your sofa. Save the date for Co-operative Party Annual Conference, online on 28–29 November. 🐝 party.coop/event/annual...

Annual Conference 2026

The 2026 Annual Conference of the Co-operative Party will take place online-only and will be livestreamed on the Co-op Party’s website on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th November.  Parliamentary reports…

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A big job in British politics at an important moment… could you be the next @coopparty.party.coop General Secretary?

Co-operative Party@coopparty.party.coop · 2w ago

Could you be the next General Secretary of the Co-operative Party? 🐝 We’ve got big plans for the future, and co-operative values and principles have never been more relevant or more needed. We’re looking for someone to take the Party forward.

Our movement is one of radical optimism. Not seeing the world just as it is, but how it could be. Cait Prowle delivers our Sororal Greetings at Labour Party Conference.

Behind the stories we're told about hate and despair, is the truth we all recognise. A Britain of hope, solidarity, co-operation and pride. Our Interim General Secretary Cait Prowle delivers our Sororal Greetings at Labour Party Conference. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Lo...

Cait Prowle delivers the Co-operative Party's annual Sororal Greetings to Labour Conference 2026

Our movement is one of radical optimism. party.coop/join

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“A union of nations that gave trade unions and the co-operative movement to the world.” Our first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister on the Britain he loves: a country of solidarity, not separation.

Generations of Labour & Co-operative campaigners have worked to put our shared values into power. Today, for the first time ever, a Labour & Co-operative Prime Minister addresses Labour Party Conference. 🌹🐝

We’re stronger when we own things together. Angela Rayner MP on Labour’s commitment to our co-operative movement, and putting more power and ownership in the hands of workers, customers and communities.

Could you be the next General Secretary of the Co-operative Party? 🐝 We’ve got big plans for the future, and co-operative values and principles have never been more relevant or more needed. We’re looking for someone to take the Party forward.

Good morning from Day 3 of Labour Conference! Today, we’ll hear the first ever Leader’s Speech from a Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister. Come visit us at stand A8, and learn more about our ideas, our policies and standing as a Labour and Co-operative candidate. 🌹🐝

The clean energy transition works best when communities own it. From the Local Power Plan investing in community-owned energy, to billions for communities and local authorities to upgrade homes, Miatta Fahnbulleh is turning that co-operative principle into practice.

The first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister is a significant moment in our movement’s history and its future. Thanks to John Healey for recognising this moment, and we look forward to working with you to grow the co-op sector and boost local growth in every postcode. 🐝

Good morning from Labour Party Conference Day 2 – we kicked off the day with a visit to our stall from Rochdale's very own Paul Waugh MP! 🐝 Rochdale is where our movement started, and we're proud that Paul is the first Co-operative MP to represent the historic seat.

Meet our new interim General Secretary, Caitlin Prowle! 🐝 We caught up with Cait to ask her an important question: why should Labour members join the Co-operative Party too?

What’s next for communities policy? This afternoon, we brought a panel together to discuss how communities can have more say over the places they live and the support they need to put their ideas into practice.

Imagine if your high street was filled with businesses owned directly by the people who work, shop and live there. Now, we’re helping make that a reality. Chair of the Co-operative Party Jim McMahon MP shares how we’re doing it with a £10m Co-operative Development Fund.

What would it take to double the size of the co-operative and mutual sector? At our first conference fringe, we explored how businesses owned by their members can help build a stronger economy, and what needs to happen next.

What makes Alex Norris MP proud to be a Labour AND Co-operative MP? 🌹🐝 Come visit us at Stall A8 to how your Co-operative Party pride.

🐝 We’ve been pushing for more power and ownership to be put directly into the hands of communities. Now it’s happening. Our Interim General Secretary Caitlin Prowle speaks to the Mirror about plans to back community ownership and grow co-op businesses. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Boost to high streets with new £10million community-owned business fund

EXCLUSIVE: Announced by Communities Secretary Angela Rayner, the fund will help boost organisations that are owned and run by the staff, customers and the communities who use them

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🚨 NEW: More community ownership. More co-operatives. High streets that work for the people who live there. From a stronger Community Right to Buy to bringing empty shops back into use, we’re putting more power and ownership into local hands. 🐝

🚨 NEW: The government has announced a £10 million fund to support co-ops and back high streets. The new funding will help local leaders establish co-operative businesses owned by workers and communities, giving local people a real long-term stake in their high streets.

Who owns our economy matters. 83% of new co-ops survive five years, versus 38% of UK businesses overall. They’re more likely to be Living Wage accredited and rooted in overlooked places. Co-operatives UK’s new report makes the case for giving more people a stake.