Co-operative Party

06/08/2026

Who actually owns the businesses and services you rely on every day?

We think it should be the people who use and work in them, not shareholders chasing returns.

We're welcoming new members every week, and working in government with Labour to make that real.

Join us today. 🐝

06/08/2026

Barclays made £3.3bn profit last quarter alone.

UK community lenders, who reach the small businesses banks turn away, lent just £181m in the whole of 2025.

Gareth Thomas MP wants Barclays, Santander and HSBC to each put in £10m, and a Fair Banking Act to make sure they do.

05/08/2026

Law Boxing Club was a council hall facing closure.

The community took it over, and today it runs boxing, a choir, a recovery group for former drug users, and Upper Cuts: a barbershop the club opened because barbers are often where men in crisis actually talk to someone.

04/08/2026

Fans are the heart and soul of every club. The songs, the loyalty, the money through the turnstile, the identity passed down generations. And yet across British sport, ownership and power sit with a small number of private interests, hedge funds and private equity firms who were never there in the rain.

It does not have to be this way.

Our new report, A Stake in the Game, makes the case for Supporters Direct 2.0: a new Supporters and Community Sport Agency to put fans and communities back in ownership of the clubs they love. From Enfield Town, the country's first fan-owned football club, to Rochdale Hornets in rugby league, to supporter-owned county cricket, fan ownership already works. It builds clubs that are more resilient, more accountable, and rooted in the communities they serve.

A generation ago, Labour set up Supporters Direct, an idea that came from the Co-operative Party. Now is the moment to finish the job, and extend it across every sport.

Swipe through, then read the full report in the comments.

04/08/2026

🚨NEW: A Stake in the Game

Fans pour money, time and loyalty into their clubs. It's time they got a real say and a real stake in return.

Our latest Community Britain report makes the case for fan and community ownership of sport, drawing on examples from across the country.

03/08/2026

Andy Burnham once said football clubs "belong more to their supporters than their shareholders," as chairman of Supporters Direct.

Our new report calls for a Supporters Direct 2.0 to back supporter and community ownership across every sport, not just football.

Sign up to get the report in your inbox when it's released tomorrow.

https://party.coop/community/sport

01/08/2026

Happy Yorkshire Day!

Yorkshire County Cricket Club belongs to its supporters, not private equity or absentee owners.

Preserving the club as a member-owned mutual is essential to protecting community ownership and the democratic future of the game.

Every August 1 we in Yorkshire celebrate our cherished institutions but sometimes we take for granted some of our most valuable and under-appreciated assets. Those assets are uniquely and distinctly owned by us and they are unmistakenly part of Yorkshire life. I’m talking about our mutual and co-o...

31/07/2026

LABOUR AND CO-OPERATIVE WIN IN GREATER MANCHESTER! 🌹🐝

Congratulations to Bev Craig on being elected the Labour and Co-operative Mayor of Greater Manchester!

Bev joins Tracy Brabin, David Skaith, Kim McGuinness, Richard Parker, Claire Ward and Oliver Coppard as one of our brilliant Co-operative metro mayors, delivering co-operative solutions in their local authorities.

31/07/2026

Over a century ago, the Co-operative Party formed to share power, ownership, and community.

Today, a Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister heads the government.

This is the difference co-operative politics makes. Read the full article in Politico today.

30/07/2026

Let's keep Manchester co-operative.

Best of luck to our candidate in the Greater Manchester Mayoral by-election, Bev Craig! 🐝