Jim McMahon MP

It’s good to be back 🎯

This government knows devolution is working - and West Yorkshire is a prime example of that. We know our own areas best, so having more local control over where money is spent will ensure it has the best impact possible in every postcode. https://ow.ly/pxMx5100Nnb

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Giving communities a stronger voice in their future is at the heart of co-operative politics. Changes to investment rules will give local priorities greater weight, recognising how housing, transport and skills work together to improve lives.

Bradford is getting a brand-new train station 🚆 I told BBC Look North what this is going to mean for the city and our plans for transport ⬇️

Andy Burnham's promise to offer all rough sleepers a bed this winter will not just be a gimmick for Christmas, Angela Rayner has insisted.

👏 not long to go before the century year for Labour & @coopparty.party.coop 🌹🐝

Andy Burnham's major drive to cut rough sleeping will save lives this Christmas, Angela Rayner has said.

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham confirms co-operative principles will be at the heart of the new National Care Service! Our first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister responds to Labour and Co-operative MP Jack Abbott at today's PMQs.

Today, we’ve confirmed our first Labour & Co-operative candidates for the 2027 local elections. As our electoral pact with Labour turns 100, they’ll champion shared ownership, stronger communities and more power for people to shape the future of the places they call home.

Thursday: our report showed doubling the co‑op sector could take 150+ years. Friday: £10 million for co‑operative development. This week: the Prime Minister said the UK gave "the co‑operative movement to the world". @rosemarley.bsky.social on a week of momentum for co‑ops: buff.ly/s5MKwBE

🔴 Process announced for appointing next Co-Operative Party General Secretary 🟣 Read now 👇 labourlist.org/2026/10/proc...

We’re stronger when we own things together. Our first Labour & Co-operative Prime Minister Andy Burnham writes for Metro on putting power back in people’s hands. Co-operative ownership gives workers, customers and communities a real stake and a real say.

MP speaks out after controversial 7-bed HMO plans for former chippy blocked

Co-operative politics 🐝❤️

Angela Rayner won an emotional standing ovation today as she returned to the limelight on the main stage at Labour's annual conference.

A big job in British politics at an important moment… could you be the next @coopparty.party.coop General Secretary?

We’re stronger when we own things together. Angela Rayner MP on Labour’s commitment to our co-operative movement, and putting more power and ownership in the hands of workers, customers and communities.

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Imagine if your high street was filled with businesses owned directly by the people who work, shop and live there. Now, we’re helping make that a reality. Chair of the Co-operative Party Jim McMahon MP shares how we’re doing it with a £10m Co-operative Development Fund.

What would it take to double the size of the co-operative and mutual sector? At our first conference fringe, we explored how businesses owned by their members can help build a stronger economy, and what needs to happen next.

What makes Alex Norris MP proud to be a Labour AND Co-operative MP? 🌹🐝 Come visit us at Stall A8 to how your Co-operative Party pride.

More community-owned businesses will be set up across England through a new £10million fund to help local people shape their high streets.

🐝 We’ve been pushing for more power and ownership to be put directly into the hands of communities. Now it’s happening. Our Interim General Secretary Caitlin Prowle speaks to the Mirror about plans to back community ownership and grow co-op businesses. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Co‑operatives deliver good growth – and we can prove it. Our Co‑operative and Mutual Economy 2026 report is out. Co‑ops are: 📈 more than 2x as likely to survive five years 💷 4x more likely to pay the real Living Wage 📍 more likely to be based outside London and the South East 👉 www.uk.coop/economy

🚨 NEW: The government has announced a £10 million fund to support co-ops and back high streets. The new funding will help local leaders establish co-operative businesses owned by workers and communities, giving local people a real long-term stake in their high streets.

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Fantastic for @fortunejf.bsky.social and for the @coopparty.party.coop as we go into our centenary year with the Labour Party - he’s been an inspiring General Secretary for the Co-op Party and will go on to be with Labour too

🔴 NEW: Joe Fortune elected by NEC as Labour’s new general secretary More to follow 👇 labourlist.org/2026/09/joe-...

Pride in Place puts money and decisions into neighbourhoods. Join our Labour Conference fringe to hear what communities can own as part of it, with Jim McMahon MP, Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods, Helena Dollimore and Cait Prowle. Mon 28 Sept, 3pm, Event Space 3

Government announces plans to roll out hub supporting young people in Oldham

Andy Burnham wants to bring fan ownership back to the heart of sport. As reported by Sky News, the Prime Minister is looking to expand support for fan-owned sports clubs. Our latest report set out how fans and communities could have a bigger stake and say.

In the North West, co-operators came together last weekend to make the case for a Community Britain: communities with more power, more ownership, and more say over the places they call home.

A stronger future relies on achieving good growth in every postcode. By working with the government and business, we'll deliver the jobs and opportunities people are crying out for. Great to welcome Dan Tomlinson to discuss how we unlock growth in West Yorkshire and beyond.

Greater Manchester mayor unveils £60m pothole fund to repair roads and pavements

It was great to join colleagues in No.10 North this week as we work on the next stages of devolution. For those who have longed believed the centralised and disconnected stronghold in Whitehall and Westminster has held our regions back, it’s a hugely exciting time.

🥳 Congratulations to everyone receiving their GCSE and BTEC results today! The co-operative movement has a vital role to play in delivering future focused reform at every level of education – creating a system which delivers the best for children, parents and workers.

The new planning rules that could help save Oldham pubs from closure

Food security is national security.

Our emergency services and civil contingency teams are working around the clock in very difficult circumstances. We can all play our part in keeping communities safe from harm 👇

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. 🐝

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.

Pleased to see today’s @thetimes.com cover my call for HSBC, Barclays & Santander to each invest £10m in CDFIs & credit unions. Everyone with a viable business deserves a fair chance to access finance. @thefinancelab.bsky.social, @responsiblefinance.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/a9b1...