Co-operative Party

21/10/2026

When we lose someone we love, we should be able to trust they’ll be treated with care and respect.

Rachael Maskell MP raised concerns from Co-op Funeralcare and other providers in Parliament, calling for stronger regulation to protect that dignity.

20/10/2026

When someone we love needs care, we want to know they’re in good hands.

As work begins on a National Care Service, meet the team at Be Caring in Leeds, where staff own the business and co-operative values guide the care they provide.

We spent the day with staff at Be Caring, a care co-operative in Le...

19/10/2026

Power belongs closer to people, and Saturday’s Wales Co-operative Party Conference made the case for giving communities across Wales the powers they need to shape their own futures, rather than concentrating decisions at the centre.

Diolch to everyone who joined us!

16/10/2026

Next year marks 100 years of co-operation between Labour and the Co-operative Party.

Labour MP Becky Gittins has called for Parliament to celebrate that history and debate what the co-operative movement can deliver next.

15/10/2026

Care co-ops should help shape the National Care Service.

Andrew Pakes MP put that idea to Care Minister Alison McGovern MP, who confirmed co-operative values are part of the Government’s thinking, empowering people and ensuring their voices are heard.

15/10/2026

Celebrating her mum’s 89th birthday and a lifetime dedicated to the NHS, Rachael Maskell MP also paid tribute to the 1.6 million people working in care.

She made the case for care co-operatives that trust workers, empower people who use services and give both a voice in how care is delivered.

15/10/2026

We can't fix social care without confronting who owns it and whose interests it serves.

Too many families exhaust a lifetime of savings securing the care their loved ones need, while overstretched carers remain undervalued and private equity extracts profit from the system.

Writing for The House, Jack Abbott argues that a new National Care Service must offer a different future. Co-operative care gives workers and the people receiving support a voice in how services operate, keeps resources focused on better care and treats care as a social good rather than a commodity.

This is our opportunity to build a system that values carers, protects families and puts dignity before profit.

15/10/2026

Finance does not have to put distant shareholders first.

On International Credit Union Day, we celebrate credit unions around the world proving that finance can be owned by its members, rooted in communities and run in their interests.

15/10/2026

Yesterday, Labour & Co-operative MP Jack Abbott asked our first Labour & Co-operative Prime Minister to put our principles at the heart of a new National Care Service.

Because social care should serve the people who need and provide it, not those seeking to profit from it.

14/10/2026

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham confirms co-operative principles will be at the heart of the new National Care Service!

Our first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister responds to Labour and Co-operative MP Jack Abbott at today’s PMQs.