It was great to join the fantastic Co-operative Members Council in Manchester with Co-operative Party General Secretary Joe Fortune to talk all things co-operative and how we can realise our ambition to double the size of the sector, and more!
There is real power in our movement with over 7,300 co-ops in the UK backed by 17m members who together generate over £42bn a year to the country employing 240,000 people. The Co-op Party has been its political voice for 108 years and counting!
It’s an important part of my own politics – working people self organising to hold real power in our economy instead of distant interests removed from the community it serves.
We now campaign all things community ownership, grassroots community power and more 
Jim McMahon OBE MP 