Towards sustainable economies UK news
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Stay updated with the latest UK news on moves Towards sustainable economies, highlighting innovative strategies and community led and community based action.
2026
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Britain’s green transition should belong to everyone. Why is Labour so intent on stopping us having our say? George Monbiot, theguardian.com (May 27, 2026) - Fixing social care: Report highlights potential of co-op model in the UK, thenews.coop (May 08, 2026) — Commissioned by Co-operatives UK and Cwmpas, the study found co-ops provide ‘fairer, better quality, community-rooted care’
- Farm co-ops can boost UK’s food security, says report, thenews.coop (May 05, 2026)
- Businesses face extinction unless they protect nature, major report warns, BBC News (Feb 09, 2026)
- The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late, Editorial, theguardian.com (Feb 01, 2026) — Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues
- Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says, theguardian.com (Jan 29, 2026) — Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries
2025
[edit | edit source]- How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy, theconversation.com (Dec 04, 2025)
- Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security, theguardian.com (Nov 27, 2025) — According to its organisers more than 1,000 corporate bosses, senior civil servants and civic leaders were set to assemble in the Methodist central hall in Westminster for the “first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing” on Thursday morning.
- Co-ops looking to change the world, town by town, thenews.coop (Nov 03, 2025)
- Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist, theguardian.com (Oct 13, 2025) — Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
- Iconic Manchester worker co-op Eighth Day celebrates 55 years, thenews.coop (Aug 28, 2025)
- Sustainability on show at Co-op Group’s newest store, thenews.coop (Aug 21, 2025)
- Life lessons for a living world in the Forest of Dean, thenews.coop (Aug 16, 2025) — Community benefit society Wylderne has taken ownership of a wilderness education centre and is putting co-op principles into action
- Steve Coogan on why he is backing the Middleton Co-operating project, thenews.coop (Jul 08, 2025)
- Re:Assembling The Future, Alternative Editorial (Jun 08, 2025)
- How a community-focused vision for net zero can revive local economies, theconversation.com (May 06, 2025)
- Creating Community Wealth Through Scotland's Energy Revolution [Brian Connolly], Daily Alternative (Mar 19, 2025) — "why should society continue accepting profits going primarily to shareholders rather than communities?"
- Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says, theguardian.com (Feb 24, 2025)
2024
[edit | edit source]- Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful, theconversation.com (Nov 14, 2024)
- "Our Future" is Grimsby celebrating its native resources, coming together as a community ready for the century's challenges, Daily Alternative (Nov 07, 2024)
- ‘No gear, all the ideas’: the farming collective offering up land to sustainable businesses, positive.news (Oct 28, 2024)
- We need a ‘Lucas Plan’ for current military spending on technology - meaning a transition of most of those skills and facilities to green and civilian ends, Daily Alternative (Oct 20, 2024)
- There’s many that make a claim for the stabilising and liberating effect of basic income. Landworkers and farmers have one of the best cases, Daily Alternative (Oct 10, 2024)
- SPRING: Community Wealth-Building looks like it’s flourishing in Scotland - at all levels of power, local and national, Daily Alternative (Sep 23, 2024)
- SPRING: “We radically re-imagine the piano in today’s throw away culture”. Edinburgh’s Pianodrome is the essence of a circular economy, Daily Alternative (Aug 28, 2024)
- ‘Building something better’: the UK residents retrofitting their homes amid the climate crisis, theguardian.com (Aug 03, 2024) — From weekly skills-sharing to rewilding streets, communities are working to improve the planet while bolstering the health of people
- The new UK govt aims for "growth, growth, growth" to solve all problems. The planet will have something to say about that, suggests James Meadway, Daily Alternative (Jul 19, 2024)
- ‘This May Day is a Celebration of Work and Innovation’, Dave Proudlove, thestokemodel.com (May 01, 2024)
- In Scotland, the circular economy is more than an occasion for eco-virtue. It’s ingenious and fun too, Daily Alternative (Mar 21, 2024)
- ‘We’re totally pay as you can’: the UK restaurant prioritising people and planet, theguardian.com (Mar 06, 2024)
2023
[edit | edit source]- "Is that a doughnut or a meringue?" No, you were right the first time... Doughnut Economics makes its arrival in Glasgow, The Daily Alternative (Nov 26, 2023)
- How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health, The Conversation (Jun 12, 2023)
- Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled in two places in England, The Guardian (Jun 04, 2023)
- Riverford completes sale of shares from Guy Singh-Watson, Wicked Leeks (May 19, 2023) — Organic veg box company is celebrating five years of employee ownership by completing the buyout of founder Guy Singh-Watson.
2022
[edit | edit source]- Reduce, reuse, and repair for Brighton & Hove Circular Economy Week, brighton-hove.gov.uk (Nov 02, 2022)
- Majority of UK supports these bold, transformative policies, Now Then (Oct 03, 2022) — The Common Ground found a progressive consensus in favour of climate action, rent controls and a Universal Basic Income, by Sam Gregory
- What Preston taught New York City, theneweuropean.co.uk (Sep 17, 2022)
- As the Welsh Government begin their Universal Basic Income trials, here’s how it can help the mental health of young people, The Daily Alternative (Jul 26, 2022)
- When small means strong: Community power at Cooperation Town, thenews.coop (Mar 29, 2022)
- The “cost-of-living crisis” is real and fixable by wealth taxes. In the meantime, community energy groups and cooperative farms provide help on food and fuel, The Alternative UK (Mar 06, 2022)
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