Unions representing thousands of Co-operative Group workers called yesterday for urgent reforms to stabilise the troubled organisation.
The Co-op Bank is expected to confirm losses of at least £1.5 billion later this week following a disastrous takeover of Britannia group and attempted takeover of Lloyds.
Co-op Bank’s problems — which resulted in the loss of its co-operative status through a private finance bail-out — are jeopardising the Co-op Group of which it is a part.
From Vietnam to Iran, US leaders repeat a failed strategy of terror bombing – one that history shows cannot break a determined, resilient society, says DYLAN MURPHY
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street


