Co-operatives UK launch 'co-operative call to action'
Co-operatives UK has launched a 'co-operative call to action' as part of the forthcoming General Election. The call to action encourages all political parties to focus on co-operation as a significant force in addressing wide ranging issues such as economic renewal to fairness in society.
The call to action identifies five key areas in which co-operation and co-operatives have contributed including economic renewal, social innovation, a fairer society, climate change and digital futures.
The call for action also identifies key tasks for the new government to take on including:
- Developing a clear framework for supporting the development of co-operatives
- Developing a clear policy framework to set out how co-operatives can deliver public services
- Creating an 'emergency support service' for struggling pubs, enabling people to save their pubs from closure using the co-operative model
- Conducting a wholesale review of energy markets to hand greater power and control to users of enery through co-operatives
- Developing a programme to encourage rural communities to take control of digital services by promoting community ownership and implementation of fibre-optic broadband access to rural communities in the UK
Found out more by visiting the Co-operatives UK website.