Sharing power, sharing ownership, and sharing a little family history too. Caitlin Prowle explains the Co-operative Party on LBC.

Two brilliant Labour & Co-operative wins, with a hold in Lambeth and a gain from Reform in Newcastle-under-Lyme! 🌹🐝 Congratulations to our new councillors Molly Hartill and Andrew Fox-Hewitt, and to the local teams who worked so hard to elect them.

🚨 NEW: 360,399 votes and a landslide victory for the humble bumblebee. 🐝 The people have spoken, and we couldn't be happier with their choice to feature the bumblebee on future Bank of England banknotes! 💷

And for the first time, our movement has one of our own in Downing Street. Britain gave the world the co-operative movement. With a Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister, its values of solidarity and shared power have never been closer to the heart of government.

That case is bigger than any one policy. It is a belief that public services should put people before profit, and that wealth and power should not be reserved for those who already have both.

Co-operative ideas ran through Labour Conference. From businesses owned by workers and communities to community-owned energy and new models for public services, Labour made the case for sharing power and ownership.

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.

With ownership back on the agenda after Labour Conference, Interim General Secretary Cait Prowle makes the case for putting more power in more hands. Who owns Britain matters. It decides whose interests come first, who benefits and who gets a say.

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.

Ownership matters. New research from Persuasion UK following Andy Burnham’s conference speech suggests arguments about economic power, public control and ownership resonate with voters. That conversation should include sharing ownership and putting more power in more hands.

Our movement is one of radical optimism. Not seeing the world just as it is, but how it could be. Cait Prowle delivers our Sororal Greetings at Labour Party Conference.

“A union of nations that gave trade unions and the co-operative movement to the world.” Our first Labour and Co-operative Prime Minister on the Britain he loves: a country of solidarity, not separation.