Policy & Consultations

Government, Policy, Publications, Research

Policy

As the trade association for the co‑operative sector, and the strategic voice of co‑operation in the UK, one of our key roles is to lobby government and respond to government consultations.

Co‑operatives operate right across the economy and offer solutions to a huge range of economic, social and environmental needs: our policy work reflects this.

• For a review of our policy work in 2009 click here.

One of our main policy areas is lobbying for a better regulatory environment for co‑operatives. Read more about our work in this area.

Consultations

All government departments issue consultation documents, so they cover an enormous range of subjects. We aim to identify those consultations that are important for our members and for the co‑operative movement as a whole, and to draw on our members' expertise when drafting our responses.

 

Live consultations

Click on the links below to find out more about a particular live consultation. For each consultation we provide a brief summary, deadline for responding and a link to the full consultation document. Where appropriate we outline our proposed response and how you can feed into it.

• Renewable Heat Incentive. Department for Energy and Climate Change.
• Local Economic Assessments - Consultation on draft statutory guidance. Department for Communities and Local Government.
• Thinking Business in Policy: an interim report. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
• Guidance for local authorities on incentivising landowners to bring forward additional land for rural affordable housing on rural exception sites. Department for Communities and Local Government.

 

Recent consultation responses

Click on the links below to find out more about consultations we have responded to during the past six months. For each consultation we provide a summary of our response and a full version available for download, plus a summary of - and a link to - the original consultation document. All closed consultations can also be found in the consultation archive (see below).

October 2009

• Renewable Electricity Financial Incentives. Department for Energy and Climate Change.
• Social Investment Wholesale Bank. Office of the Third Sector.

September 2009

• Reforming Financial Markets. HM Treasury.

 

Consultation archive

We maintain an archive of consultations. These are sorted by year according to the closing date of the consultation.

Go to the consultation archive.