Islington Co-operative Party

As John McDonnell told TBIJ “Migrant workers’ exploitation and the appalling treatment they receive at the hands of often brutal, profiteering employers verges on modern-day slavery."

Government expanded visa scheme weeks after UN raised alarm over… Special rapporteurs raised alarm to David Cameron before government’s decision to extend visa scheme

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Local Ownership | Nudge Community Builders Hear from Nudge Community Builders about the difference local ownership makes to them. This video featured in our 2023 Annual Conference, Ambition For Change.

Don’t approve bee-killing pesticide A loophole in the ban on bee-killing pesticides is putting our pollinators at risk. Add your name now and call on the Government to close the loophole and .

The Co-operative Party helped to secure a commitment that the next Labour government will create a UK-wide Community Right to Buy, with further support and investment in local ownership across the UK. But why wait until the next election for change? Please sign our petition now and call for a Community Right to Buy NOW?

Building local ownership Giving communities ownership of the local places and spaces they love.

End the leasehold scandal It's time to give homeowners a say over the place they live, and end the feudal leasehold system.

Stop your council tax flowing to tax havens Councils should have more legal power to prioritise ethics and social value when spending taxpayers' money.

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Community Organising: How Can We Build Class Power? This is a SPACE4 discussion event where we invite speakers to discuss and debate contemporary issues.

Vote Yes to Motion 8 to continue the partnership between the Co-op Group and the Co-operative Party From standing up for shopworkers to promoting fairtrade and fair tax, the Co-op Group and the Co-op Party work together to build a society where power and wealth are shared.

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Petition: Appoint a modern slavery watchdog now While the role has been empty, the Government has rushed through changes to the law which critics say will make it more difficult to identify and help potential victims of modern slavery.

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Join the Co-operative Party Become a member and help us build a society where wealth and power are shared.

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Are children in your area getting a Healthy Start? Over £600K of food vouchers for low-income families are going unclaimed every week. Take action now to help children in your area get a Healthy Start.

Back our plan for community-owned energy Our energy supply energy shouldn't be owned by profiteering shareholders or Russian oligarchs – it should be owned and produced by communities right here in the UK.

Calling all worker co-ops and supporters in Islington!
Make valuable contacts, shape the future of the worker cooperative movement and find out about WORKERS.coop
>> Free London organising morning event next MONDAY, 28 NOVEMBER at SPACE4 on Fonthill Road N4
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Tell the Government to keep their promise and end holiday hunger The Government has quietly withdrawn direct funding for school holiday food vouchers for children eligible for Free School Meals.

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International Credit Union Day 2022 International Credit Union Day (ICUD) celebrates the spirit of the global credit union movement. It is a time to reflect upon the credit union movement's history; to promote its achievements; recognise hard work; and share member experiences.

UK is estimated to have the second highest number of people held in modern slavery of any country in Europe.
Many tens of thousands of people in the UK could be victims. Despite this, the Government has recently reclassified modern slavery as an "illegal immigration" issue, rather than a human rights and safeguarding issue and the brief is now the responsibility of the Minister for Immigration.
Please join us in standing up against modern slavery by signing our petition today?

For many, this Winter will be one of desperation. This is an emergency!
We need to act now to support those who will suffer worst this Winter.

Increase and expand the Household Support Fund With energy bills set to reach frightening levels, vulnerable families need more support. Will you sign our petition?

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Stand Up for Our Co-operative and Mutuals Sector The new Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill looks at how to make it easier for co-operatives to get more investment whilst retaining their democratic structures, ensuring they work in the interest and are owned by their members.

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Public transport in Islington makes up almost one-third of all journeys in the borough, second only to walking. If we are to tackle the climate emergency, the importance of a well-resourced public transport network will only grow. As it stands, TfL is one of very few major public transport networks in the World which does not receive a central government grant.

Now the Tories are refusing to provide sufficient funding even to keep London moving. New proposals would see sweeping changes to our local bus network, including Route no. 4 being axed entirely, nos. 254, 259 and 476 all severely cut back and the re-routing of no.214 so that it would no longer run through Islington.

These proposals are a direct consequence of this Conservative Government’s refusal to fund Transport for London adequately and the harsh conditions attached to emergency funding packages throughout the pandemic.

Save our buses! - Islington Labour Group Islington’s bus services are under threat. New proposals would see sweeping changes to our local bus network, including: Route 4 being axed entirely 254, 259 and 476 all severely cut back The 214 being rerouted so it no longer runs through the borough These proposals are a direct consequence of th...

In nail bars, car washes, farms, factories and restaurants, as well as in private homes, it's estimated that tens of thousands of people in the UK are currently enslaved. Soon, a new Modern Slavery Bill will come before Parliament. We must do all we can to ensure that this Bill is a step forward, not a step back, in the fight against modern slavery.

End Modern Slavery After recent regressive moves by the Government on Modern Slavery, we need to ensure the new Modern Slavery bill takes steps forward – not back – to end Modern Slavery.

New research from Fair by Design and Personal Finance Research Centre (University of Bristol) looks at the local poverty premium. That is, the extra costs that people on low incomes pay for essential services and products. Across London as a whole, the poverty premium hits 13.1% of households.
But in Islington North,16.9% of households experience any poverty premium and the average cost to households in poverty is £410
In Islington South & Finsbury, 16.7% of households experience any premium and the average cost to households in poverty is £390
The total annual cost of the poverty premium across LB Islington is £11,861,518.
More details on the interactive map, below

Fair by Design: Poverty Premium How much does the poverty premium cost your constituency? Find out with our interactive poverty premium map. The poverty premium is the extra cost people on low incomes and in poverty pay for essential products and services.

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Stop the privatisation of Channel 4 Take action now to ensure Channel 4 can never be sold off, by making it mutually-owned by the British public.

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☝🏽 An old Chinese saying which translates into English as something like
"If you keep all the money together, the people will scatter. But if you scatter the money, the people will come together.”

Huawei employee shareholders rewarded with £7.3bn in dividends Huawei’s employee shareholders have been rewarded with 61.404 billion yuan (£7.3bn) worth of dividends, according to a regulatory filing. The Chinese

Open in a new tab to enlarge and read this open letter from Demos Institute of Critical Thought and the Left Alliance of Lithuania to comrades in the West of Europe

Caught in the rental trap, we’re trying to turn our flat into a co-op. Here’s what we’ve learned | Ruby Lott-Lavigna This little-known kind of homeownership is sustainable and relatively cheap. And many of us have no choice but to try it, asks writer Ruby Lott-Lavigna

Co-sign our letter to #SaveTheBees The Government is about to allow bee-killing pesticides to be used in England, despite a ban on their use.

Preston Is Putting Socialist Policies into Practice From workers’ cooperatives to community banks, living wage employment and regeneration that benefits the community, Preston shows what a real alternative to decades of neoliberal decline can look like.