Peter Hunt (politician)
Peter Hunt is a British politician and
Educated at Comprehensive School in
The Co-operative Party had arguably been in a long decline and Hunt's immediate priority was to secure the position and finances of the Party and its relationship with the new Labour government. He also rejuvenated the Party's policy making and broadened its scope. He relaunched the Party's magazine, New Mutualism, and started a series of policy pamphlets under the same name. One of these, New Mutualism: A Golden Goal? inspired the creation of
Hunt launched Mutuo in 2000 as a think tank for the wider mutual sector, attracting support from
As general secretary, Hunt sat on the National Policy Forum of the Labour Party. In early 2008, Hunt announced he would be stepping down as general secretary of the Co-operative Party in March 2008.[2]
On 19 February 2019 Hunt announced his resignation from the Labour Party with a letter to The Guardian, denouncing an hostile environment inside the party and claiming that Jeremy Corbyn did not represent his political values. He remained a member of the Co-operative Party.[3]
Books
- Making Healthcare Mutual - a publicly funded, locally accountable NHS, by Hazel Blears, Cliff Mills and Peter Hunt (Mutuo, 2002) [4]
- Back Home: Returning football clubs to their communities, by Christine Oughton, Cobbetts Solicitors, Malcolm McClean of Community Action Network and Peter Hunt (Mutuo, 2003)[5]
- Care on Call – a mutual approach to out of hours primary care services, by Peter Hunt, Cliff Mills of Cobbetts Solicitors and John Hutton (Mutuo, 2004) [6]
- The People's Rail: A Mutually Run, Publicly Accountable Network Rail, by Robbie Erbmann and Peter Hunt (The Co-operative Party, 2008) ISBN 978-0-9559737-0-3
References
- Rosen, Greg. Serving the People: Co-operative Party history from Fred Perry to Gordon Brown (2007), London, the Co-operative Party. ISBN 978-0-9549161-4-5
- ^ Mutuo – Mutuo People Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Co-operative News. 2008-02-12.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
- ^ "Catalogue entry: Making Healthcare Mutual" (PDF). Mutuo. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "News release: Community ownership is the way forward for struggling football clubs, says think-tank" (PDF). Mutuo. 2003-04-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ^ "News release: Community mutuals to deliver out-of-hours NHS services" (PDF). Mutuo. 2004-06-27. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
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