We at #Labour Conference with the Salford Mayor and GMCA lead for housing Paul Dennett, and brilliant @cooperativesuk.bsky.social members People Powered Retrofit and Community Energy England taking about retrofit co-ops.

Huge thanks to @andrewpakes.bsky.social for joining the coop and mutual crew at #Labour Conference. How do we mainstream coops and mutuals in policy? "The door is ajar, its up to us need to keep it open." Sound advice.

2/ MHCLG has listened, on the importance of capacity building, on co-operative development, and on the centrality of shifting ownership. They’ve also drawn learning from decades of successes and failures, which is why this shows such promise.

Awesome to feel the Scottish coop sector get a bit more pumped about their own brilliance, and the global coop family. Helped along by @rosemarley.bsky.social

Report also underscores why the capital reforms in the Law Commission review of co-op law are so important. www.uk.coop/get-involved...

Report underlines the importance of UK government taking action on co-op and mutual access to finance in the Spending Review. For example by helping to grow Community Shares. coopfinance.coop/2025/03/07/w...

Independent research by WPI Economics finds that:
📈co-ops and mutuals make outsized contribution to growth
🌏while also delivering for people and planet
💳but the fastest growing mutuals are held back most by barriers to finance

www.uk.coop/news/governm...