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The debate about the future of the water sector has become trapped in familiar arguments. Public or private. Markets or the state. Regulation or investment. We have spent years discussing structures when perhaps we…

A new report to build awareness, influence policy discussion, and provide the mutual and co-operative sector with shared insights that explain the social value of mutuals is published this week. This report, supported by…

  Mutuo has prepared this document to share its submission to the DBT Call for Evidence.   We hope that sharing our response is helpful to those preparing their own submissions, and we encourage…

The Mutuals and Co-operative Sector Business Council is today submitting a paper to HM Treasury, outlining six recommendations for expanding the economic contribution of credit unions. The paper follows the Government’s commitment to doubling…

Mutuo Managing Partner Peter Hunt reflects on the relationship between the public and the BBC The public has a curious relationship with the BBC. Obliged to pay for TV licences, every household will contribute…

The Chancellor, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves MP, will today announce the formation of a new mutual council made up of some of Britain’s biggest customer and member-owned firms. Under the leadership of the UK’s…

Nationwide Building Society’s bid for Virgin Money represents a step change for UK mutuals. This is a new, muscular mutuality in action, which is only made possible by the successful stewardship of the building…

A re-published report by Mutuo’s Managing Partner, Peter Hunt and Principal Associate, Cliff Mills argues that the mutualisation of Post Office Limited would better serve its employees and the communities in which branches operate.…

Session 1: Key legislative reform issues for co-operatives 28th February 2024 15:00-17:00 Room C, 1 Parliament Street, House of Commons   Written submissions:  The announcement of separate Law Commission reviews into both the Co-operatives…

Speaking at the FTT Mutuals conference, Gareth Thomas MP today announced that the APPG for Mutuals will spearhead a major campaign to co-ordinate a cross mutual sector response to the Law Commission’s review of…

It’s the law! Today we celebrate the completion of the Parliamentary journey for Sir Mark…

When Dame Sharon White, Chair of John Lewis and Partners, announced an…

Mutuo's Peter Hunt speaks to BBC News about the possible demutualisation of John Lewis Partnership, and the other options available.  

The news that John Lewis may seek to partly demutualise in order to raise over £1 billion for investment is of course shocking. But it focuses us yet again on the fundamental problem that…

Sir Mark Hendrick MP’s Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill received its Third Reading in the House of Commons on 24th February 2022. With all-party and Government support, the Bill will now proceed to…

We are delighted that Sir Mark Hendrick’s Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill received its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 28th October 2022. With all-party and Government support, the Bill will now…

Demutualisation has ripped through many countries' mutual sectors, as people have sought to cash in on many decades, even centuries, of legacy assets that were built up by generations of members. Yet it has…

Sir Mark Hendrick MP A new Bill will has been introduced in Parliament this week which proposes a way for co-operatives, friendly societies and mutual insurers to grow and develop their businesses while securing their…

The decision by LV= members to reject the proposed sale to Bain Capital is a major boost for mutuals everywhere. Members voted to support their customer-focussed business purpose, and reject a transfer to profit-maximising…

Over 1,000 people have now signed the petition to stop the demutualisation of LV=  Please visit change.org to sign

Gareth Thomas MP, chair of the APPG for Mutuals, spoke in Parliament yesterday evening about the demutualisation of LV=. He argued that in the case of LV=, there has never been “a clear, easy…