February 1st 2010 - Simon Burgess has welcomed news that co-operative principles and policies will be put at the heart of Labour's manifesto for the General Election.

Simon, who is a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate, said "now more than ever the not-for-profit, mutual principles of the Co-operative movement are needed as we move out of recession. Whether it is a credit union, co-operative retail business, mutual building society or co-op run football club, examples of successul mutual organisations are everywhere."

Simon is pictured left speaking at the 2009 Co-operative Party conference.

For more information on the Co-operative Party, visit their site:  http://party.coop/index.php

Read the Co-op Party manifesto for a 4th term here: http://party.coop/info_news.php?id=70

For more on the news from the Prime Minister see the report from the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/31/gordon-brown-labour-election-manifesto

Your local credit union: http://www.credit-union.org.uk/index.html