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The party of the UK's co-operative movement, in partnership with @UKLabour.
Joined February 2009
Today, our Parliamentary Group met in Downing Street for the first time. We’re putting co-operators at the decision-making tables, and delivering on the priorities of our movement.
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This isn't what we meant by "Join the Co-op Party". .
"Someone was sent to the Co-op on The Strand. with a suitcase which was then filled with bottles of wine and brought back to Downing St".
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She's done it! Massive congratulations to @TracyBrabin on her victory in the West Yorkshire Metro Mayoral election - becoming Britain's first woman Metro Mayor. Amazing work - we can't wait to work together on making West Yorkshire a more co-operative place 🐝 #CoopDifference
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⏰ Less than 24 hours to go till polls open for this year's local elections!. 📺 Watch Deputy Leader of @UKLabour @AngelaRayner on why you should vote Labour and Co-operative tomorrow 🌹🐝
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🚨 BREAKING: LV= members have voted to block the takeover of the historic mutual by American private equity giant Bain Capital. This is a incredible win for the mutual movement, and shows what members can do when we work together. 👏
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On this day 95 years ago, the @CoopParty and @UKLabour signed the Cheltenham Agreement – creating the historic partnership between our Parties. We're proud to be an independent political party whilst also working with @UKLabour to stand candidates who share our co-op values 🌹🐝.
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Great to see @AngelaRayner announce that the next Labour & Co-operative Government will use procurement to incentivise firms to pay their fair share of tax and shun tax avoidance and tax havens – a key priority for @CoopParty members and councillors.
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Channel 4 doesn’t belong to the Government. It belongs to us – the British public. It should be the public, not politicians, that decide its future. We should be safeguarding Channel 4, not selling it off. Agree? Add your name 👇
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner! . 🎉 Congratulations @NicolleNdiweni!
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If Chancellor is serious about UK being 'open for business', he needs to champion those who pay their way and contribute to the national interest. Instead he continues to tilt playing field in favour of PLCs that avoid tax, empty our high streets and pay poverty wages #Budget2018.
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As @MarcusRashford has urgently highlighted, over 40% of Healthy Start food vouchers don’t reach those who need them most. In some areas, uptake is even worse. You can help: find out what the Healthy Start uptake rate is in your area and take action 👇
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Nestle announced today that KitKats will no longer be made with Fairtrade cocoa and sugar, costing vulnerable farmers over £2 million in Fairtrade Premiums. We're calling on @KitKat and @NestleUKI: Don't take a break from Fairtrade. Add your name 👇.
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Increasing the value of Healthy Start vouchers is a key ask of the #EndChildFoodPoverty Taskforce supported by @MarcusRashford. So from today, @EoECoop will be stepping to plug the gap themselves, and fund an increase for Healthy Start in their stores 👏
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We caught up with @AngelaRayner as she came off stage at our Co-operative Change Showcase. We're going to change the country for the better, together.
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"A right to food should be as fundamental as a right to shelter or to clean air".Thank you @OfficeGSBrown for backing our fight for #FoodJustice. Join the campaign 👇.
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner! . 🎉 Congratulations @ClareMoody4PCC!
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📺 @YvetteCooperMP announces at #Lab23 conference that Labour will stand with our shopworkers, and introduce a new law and tougher sentences to end violence against shopworkers. An incredible campaign result for our members, @USDAW, @CoopUK and our co-operative societies. 👏
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Just wait until they find out the co-op movement has a political party. .
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📢 On #EndHumanTrafficking Day, we're proud to announce that 100 councils have now signed our Modern Slavery Charter! . Join @Keir_Starmer in supporting the charter and add your name to ensure your council is taking action on #ModernSlavery. 👇.
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Congratulations to @olivercoppard on being elected as the Labour & Co-operative Metro Mayor for South Yorkshire! 🌹🐝
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Congratulations to @TracyBrabin on being selected as Labour and Co-operative candidate for West Yorkshire Metro Mayor! 🌹🐝
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We are devastated to have heard that the Co-operative Party's Chair Chris Herries passed away yesterday. Our condolences go out to her friends and family.
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Nearly 50% of Healthy Start vouchers go unclaimed, which means each week over £1m in free food doesn't reach those who need it most. 🍽️Think you're eligible? Check @MarcusRashford's tweet on how to claim. ✍️ Want to help reach 100% uptake? Take action at
Healthy Start scheme - do you qualify?.Go to Taskforce members, can you share a bit more info on redeeming value in-store so I can repost?.@AldiUK @asda @coopuk @IcelandFoods @LidlGB @Morrisons @sainsburys @Tesco @waitrose @marksandspencer .A big thanks!.
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Today, @CoopParty members will be joining with @UKLabour for a National Campaign Day in support of safer high streets. If you back our plan to make high streets safer for both shoppers and shopworkers, share this post and join our campaign. 👉
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Today’s announcement by @UKLabour marks the biggest expansion of community energy that this country has ever seen, and will empower millions of people to have a real say and stake in the clean, green energy supply of the future. Read more 👉
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In case you were wondering, Britain's top 5 co-ops pay more UK tax than Amazon, Facebook, Apple, eBay and Starbucks combined #paradisepapers
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It's having that control that makes the difference. Greater Manchester's co-operative Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM explains how Manchester is linking up credit unions and transportation to build a fairer and more equal city.
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Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP tells Co-operative Party Annual Conference today that the next Labour Government would aim to double the size of the co-operative sector #CoopConf22
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Great to hear from @Keir_Starmer on the importance of links between @CoopParty and @UKLabour, nearly 100 years and still going strong! #CoopConf22 🐝🌹
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LABOUR AND CO-OPERATIVE GAIN IN ROCHDALE! 🐝🌹. Congratulations to @paulwaugh on being elected as the @UKLabour & @CoopParty MP for Rochdale! #GE2024. This one's special. The birthplace of co-operation represented by a Co-operative Party MP for the first time ever.
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Congratulations to co-operators @AnnelieseDodds, who will serve as the new Shadow Chancellor, and @JonAshworth, who will continue as Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary 🐝👏
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Join Labour Leader @Keir_Starmer at #CoopOnline20 for a wide-ranging "in conversation" event with Shadow International Development Secretary (& @CoopParty Parliamentary Vice Chair) @PreetKGillMP, with contributions from @Bex_Harvey of @CoopNews.
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Are you ready to Vote Labour & Co-operative on 4 May? 🌹🐝. At the Local Elections, we're standing a record-breaking number of Co-operative candidates. We're ready to make a #CoopDifference in town halls across the country. Join us, and be part of it. 👉
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner!. 🎉 Congratulations David Allen!
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Blue Wall? BEE WALL 🐝. In a huge win, @CambridgeMagpie GAINS the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoralty, becoming our newest Labour and Co-operative Metro Mayor!. A stunning victory. Massive congratulations to Dr. Nik Johnson and his team! #CoopDifference
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Today, the work to set up GB Energy began. One of the first priorities of GB Energy will be to massively scale up community energy. Energy owned by your community, powering your community, creating profit for your community.
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Communities should own and operate the assets that matter most. Deputy Prime Minister @AngelaRayner on empowering communities to build something that can never be taken away.
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Channel 4 is a great British success story: we should be protecting it, not selling it off. Join us in calling on the Government to halt its proposed privatisation, and protect it from future political meddling by putting the public in charge. 👇
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"We're going to hand over real power and resources to communities to enable people to take back control of things that matter.". @LisaNandy explains why the next Labour & Co-operative Government will supercharge #CommunityOwnership – putting communities back in the driving seat.
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Today we have written to the BBC to appeal their decision not to grant us a Party Election Broadcast in London, despite meeting their criteria. 86% of the country will have a Co-op candidate on the ballot in May – our candidates, voters and Party deserve a voice.
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Following years of campaigning by our party and our movement, the Government is finally u-turning and dropping their opposition to creating a new offence to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse.
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'Tackling #ModernSlavery shows how the Co-op can work with the Co-operative Party to be a powerful force for change', says @HazelBlearsCoop in our blog today 🢃
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With all results declared, we now have over 1500 Labour & Co-operative Councillors across the country 🌹🐝. We've tripled our councillors in the past 6 years, reaching the highest in our history. Our movement is growing – join and be part of it 👉
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We're proud to campaign with Labour on delivering safer high streets up and down the country. A Labour & Co-operative government would be on the side of shop workers, as @YvetteCooperMP makes clear. #EndRetailCrime
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Our economy is broken. So we're building a new one. Join us today to help create an economy and society driven by values, not profits 🐝.
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🚨 Breaking: After years of campaigning by the co-operative and trade union movements, assaulting a public-facing worker like a shopworker will become a specific aggravated offense. An incredible win for #NotPartOfTheJob campaign.
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Today, we're asking the Government to follow the lead of @CoopAcademies and @MarcusRashford's #EndChildFoodPoverty campaign and stop children going hungry over half term. Agree? RT 👇.
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We stand in solidarity with communities across the country who are showing, in small, simple, everyday actions, that the far-right have no place in our society.
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The Government's Criminal Justice Bill could have been used to end soaring rates of retail crime. Instead, it was yet another a missed opportunity. #ICYMI: Watch Shadow Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP slamming Ministers on their failure to protect shopworkers whilst at work🔥
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner!. 🎉 Congratulations @CliveGrunshaw1!
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The BBC doesn't belong to the Government of the day – it belongs to us, the British public. It should be viewers and listeners who decide the BBC's future, not Ministers or opaque committees. Stand with us for #APeoplesBBC 👇.
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Today our Chair and Shadow Secretary for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs @JimfromOldham is standing up in Parliament to ensure access to high quality, sustainable, affordable food for all. Agree? Join our #FoodJustice campaign 👉
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Congratulations to the three Co-operative MPs joining the Shadow Cabinet today - @LukePollard as Shadow Environment Secretary, @TracyBrabin as Shadow Culture Secretary and @RachaelMaskell as Shadow Employment Rights Secretary.
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Congratulations @alexsobel - re-elected as Labour and Co-operative MP for Leeds North West!
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Member of @thecooperative? @jeremycorbyn has a message for you. Watch the full message at ➜.
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This is the moment, we have to seize it together. Greater Manchester's Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM after his speech to our Co-operative Change Showcase.
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Enough is enough. This is only the latest in a series of problems with the UK Government's handling of Healthy Start food vouchers. They are failing struggling parents and their children. This can't go on. Here's the story so far, and what you can do to help. Thread 🧵.
Parents still waiting for food vouchers after NHS scheme beset by IT problems
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Congratulations to @Keir_Starmer on being elected Leader of the Labour Party. We look forward to working together in future!
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📢 We're delighted to announce that Unison Labour Link have affiliated to the @CoopParty. The trade union and co-operative movements have long worked together to build a fairer society and we're excited to continue that proud tradition with Unison Labour Link.
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner!. 🎉 Congratulations Matt Storey!
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Today our condolences go out to the family and friends of John Hume. A towering figure, admired the world over for his contributions to peace in Northern Ireland, he also holds a special place in our hearts for his leading role in the Irish Credit Union movement.
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Congratulations to @PreetKGillMP on becoming the new Chair of the @CoopParty Westminster Parliamentary Group! We all look forward to continuing to work with you in bringing a strong co-operative voice to Westminster 🐝
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Members of @CoopUK have voted overwhelmingly to continue their link with the Co-operative Party. We're proud to have your support and cannot wait to continue building a fairer future together.
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Our movement changed the law 👏 👏 👏 . The Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill passed its final stages in Parliament today and will help protect and grow our sector. A huge thank you to @MpHendrick and @LordRoyKennedy for supporting the progress of this Bill.
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After 22,000 of you co-signed @LukePollard's letter to #SaveTheBees, we've heard bee-killing pesticides will NOT be used this year!. The Government cited weather conditions and left the door open to using neonicotinoids in the future. If they do, we'll be ready. 🐝🐝🐝
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1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🎉. We’re extremely proud to announce that there are now 1,600 Co-operative Party councillors. Thank you to everyone that came out to campaign, everyone that stood on a co-operative platform, and everyone that voted for co-operation.
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'It is based on a long history of shared values and principles.'. Shadow Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities Secretary @lisanandy on the long and historic relationship between @CoopParty and @UKLabour 🌹 🐝
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🚨 NEW: Deputy Prime Minister @AngelaRayner confirms the Government is introducing a Community Right to Buy in the English Devolution White Paper. Our Party, members, and supporters have backed this policy as a vital step to put power back in the hands of local communities.
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We're delighted to see nine co-operators serving in the new Shadow Cabinet 👇.@AnnelieseDodds, @jreynoldsMP, @JonAshworth, @LukePollard, @SteveReedMP, @JimfromOldham, @PreetKGillMP, @LadyBasildon and Lord McAvoy - you're a credit to our movement.
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🚨 BREAKING: At tonight's Mansion House speech, @RachelReevesMP announced three vital steps to support the co-operative and mutual sector, helping drive the inclusive growth our country needs.
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🚨 Labour's manifesto just dropped. This is what it means for co-operative change.
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner!. 🎉 Congratulations @gary_godden!
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"The Labour Party and the Co-op Party has agreed an important ambition for government. Our aim is to double the size of the co-operative sector in the UK.". @RachelReevesMP today at #CoopConf22 on how together, our Parties will ensure co-operatives can reach their full potential.
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We are incredibly sad to hear of the passing of Jack Dromey MP. The thoughts of our party and our movement are with his family and loved ones.
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#newprofilepic. Bee populations are declining at an alarming rate. With the Conservatives approving the use of bee-killing pesticides for the fourth year in a row, the bee from our logo won't be the last to disappear.
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A Labour & Co-operative Government will abolish non-dom status and crack down on hidden offshore trusts. We're working to end the scandal of tax avoidance. Join the fight for fair tax now and become a member of the Co-operative Party today. 👉
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As you might have noticed from our logo, we quite like bees. 🐝. But bees aren't just a symbol of the co-op movement. They are essential to our ecosystem and food chain, and that's why @CoopParty MPs are standing against bee-killing pesticides in Parliament today. #SaveTheBees
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The Co-operative Party now has:. 8️⃣ Metro Mayors.1️⃣5️⃣ Police & Crime Commissioners.1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣+ Councillors. We're ready to deliver on our promise to build co-operation in Local Government. Build it with us.
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CO-OPERATIVE GAIN Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner! . 🎉 Congratulations @JohnTizard!
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The General Election we've been waiting for is finally happening. We're ready to build a co-operative Britain. Are you? . Join #TeamCoop and help us win on July 4th.
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🧵President Biden recently proposed radical global tax reforms which would tackle tax havens and force companies like Amazon to pay their fair share. The plans were quickly welcomed by all G7 countries. except one. The UK. Here's why it matters and what you can do about it.👇.
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We are incredibly saddened to learn of the death of our good friend, Ian Miller. Ian was a passionate co-operator and tireless in his efforts for the Labour and Co-operative movements. Read our full tribute from Chair @JimFromOldham & @ScotCoopParty here:
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Ending #austerity means building a co‑operative economy with businesses that:. ✔ Pay their taxes.✔ Share profits with customers and employees.✔ Are run democratically in the interests of the many, not just the few. If you agree, join us 🡻.#Budget2018.
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The essence of co-operation is fighting for a more equal world. Today, and every day, #BlackLivesMatter. We stand in solidarity with those calling for an end to racial injustice – in the USA, around the world and here at home. We all have more work to do.
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New branding, same old privatisation. “Great British Railways” is just tinkering around the edges: we need a publicly-owned People’s Railway that delivers better value for money and gives passengers a say and stake in the services they use everyday.
Rail services will be brought under a new public sector body named Great British Railways
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Paging Philip Hammond: .You can’t end #austerity if you tolerate companies who avoid tax while failing to support those who do pay their way. Not a single mention of co-ops, mutuals or social enterprises in #Budget2018
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Today marks 252 years since the birth of Robert Owen – widely considered to be the Father of Co-operation. His legacy is reflected today in our Party and movement, and in the over one billion people around the world who are members of co-operatives.
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Free school meals are a lifeline – yet the Government still plans to cut them off. No child should go to sleep with an empty stomach, so we're proud that co-operators like @CoopUK are stepping up so @CoopAcademies pupils don't go hungry over the holiday.
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5000 children will benefit when it’s needed most from this co-op movement leadership. Amazing. @10DowningStreet need to think again and follow @coopuk ‘s lead.
I’ve written today to @10DowningStreet to tell him that @CoopUK will extend our free school meals scheme through the October half term at our 25 @CoopAcademies and ask him to do the same for all schools across England. It’s the right thing to do & will help #EndChildFoodPoverty
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