The Co-operative Option report

The report finds that people see co-operatives as an answer, whether as a way to have more influence over large businesses or as a way to save local services in their community.

Based on research conducted this month by You Gov, the report highlights include:

• 59% of people feel they have no control over the economy and 62% said the same for the businesses they use.
• 69% of people would like their library, leisure centre or family’s care elderly care provider to be a co-operative, and 68% of people say the same for their supermarket and healthcare provider.
• Whereas 62% of people see co-operative businesses as fair, only 11% say the same of PLCs.
• 68% of people in work feel they have no control in their workplace, a 10% rise since last year.
• 72% of people have, or like the idea of, clubbing together with other people to save a local service or asset, particularly historical buildings, public parks, and local shops and pubs.