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From Co-op Council to national roll-out: why Steve Reed’s Big Idea risks failing twice
When Steve Reed was leader of Lambeth Council back in 2010, he sold us a bold vision: the Co-operative Council. It promised residents more control, more say, and more power over the services they used. Lambeth, he claimed, would be at the cutting edge of a democratic revolution. Fifteen years later, the co-op model is remembered less as a triumph and more as a cautionary tale. Far from empowering residents, it often excluded them. Far from avoid…
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From Co-op Council to national roll-out: why Steve Reed’s Big Idea risks failing twice
When Steve Reed was leader of Lambeth Council back in 2010, he sold us a bold vision: the Co-operative Council. It promised residents more control, more say, and more power over the services they used. Lambeth, he claimed, would be at the cutting edge of a democratic revolution. Fifteen years later, the co-op model is remembered less as a triumph and more as a cautionary tale. Far from empowering residents, it often excluded them. Far from avoid…
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