As the political party of the co-operative movement, we believe that things work best when ordinary people have a voice, and when services are accountable to the people who use them. Railways run as a partnership between passengers and staff. Giving renters the right to own a stake in their home via co-op housing.
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That's understandable, perhaps, because, instead of being the party of the co-operative movement, the Co-operative Party has always been a creature of the retail co-ops that created it. The party's several thousand members provide just 10% of its £1m income, and it exists at its current scale because of the money provided by the Co-operative Group, which contributed nearly £800,000 in the accounting year to 2011.
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It is the political part of the wider British co-operative movement, and all members of the party must be members of a co-operative business. Those who want to stand for election must also be members of the Labour Party.
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Ultimately, the real issue isn't whether the link with Labour is effective for the movement, or even for the Co-operative Group, but whether it's the only way in which the co-operative movement can be politically active and effective. That's a question one doesn't often hear when the party's funding is up for renewal.
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The Co-operative party: moving beyond the Labour party. It's time members of co-ops got a say in how their money was spent in politics, says Dave Boyle. The Co-operative Party has long been considered Labour's sister party. Photograph: Co-op Party Writing in this section a few months back on the Co-operative Party, Greg Rosen wrote that the co-operative tortoise is winning the race to find Ed Miliband a 'big idea'.
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From Penzance to Perth, there are Co-operative Party members across the whole of the UK. Whether in devolved and local government, or as ordinary local party members they're working to ensure that devolution means giving local people real control over the services they use.
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The Co-operative party: moving beyond the Labour party. It's time members of co-ops got a say in how their money was spent in politics, says Dave Boyle. Wednesday 30 January 2013 06.15 EST First published on Wednesday 30 January 2013 06.15 EST.
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The Co-operative party: moving beyond the Labour party. 1  It's time members of co-ops got a say in how their money was spent in politics, says Dave Boyle. 2  It's time members of co-ops got a say in how their money was spent in politics, says Dave Boyle.
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Co-operative Party. The Co-operative Party is a small socialist political party, in the United Kingdom. Its candidates must be members of the Labour Party as well, and stand as Labour and Co-operative Party candidates. 1 The party today.
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Most of the party’s money is from grants made by the retail co-operative societies, and from the fee charged for managing the political affairs of Co-operatives UK, formerly known as the Co-operative Union.
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what kind of party is the cooperative party
The Co-operative Party is a small socialist political party, in the United Kingdom.