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CO-OPERATIVE Party general secretary Karin Christiansen will stand down after three years, she revealed yesterday.
“It has been an utter privilege to lead the Co-operative Party,” she wrote in a letter to members.
“I am particularly proud of our successful ‘Keep it Co-op’ campaign which saw the reaffirmation of the historic link between the party and the Co-operative Group
Rightwingers within the Co-operative Group had tried to separate it from its political wing in the aftermath of the Co-op Bank’s 2013 financial crisis.
“It has not exactly been an easy period for the co-operative movement or the party,” Ms Christiansen said.
“But even in this context we have worked with the movement to champion community energy, convince government to establish a credit union for the armed forces, promoted co-operative schools and raised the profile of other co-operative ideas in political and policy circles.”
