Original: The favourable stance of the Labour government, particularly Gordon Brown, to co-operative principles of self-help, enterprise and accountability allowed the co-operative movement to make representations, and sponsor important bills on updating company law, employee share ownership and micro-generation of energy.
Simplified: Gordon Brown is very interested in the co-operative principles of self-help, and this support allowed the co-operative movement to make representations, and sponsor important bills on updating company law, employee share ownership and micro-generation of energy.