Comment When I returned to my former Cumbrian home I met a great candidate but saw how Westminster has neglected Copeland “What they have done to the NHS is absolutely criminal”, one voter told me in Copeland. He was… Peter Edwards 22nd February, 2017, 10:00 pm
Comment Copeland candidate: my pledges on road, rail, NHS and nuclear power This is the statement of pledges published by Gillian Troughton, Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Copeland, on the CLP… Gillian Troughton 14th February, 2017, 12:16 pm
News Labour’s Copeland candidate aims to win over doubters at nuclear hustings Three of Britain’s largest trade unions will put nuclear power at the heart of the run in to… Peter Edwards 10th February, 2017, 5:22 pm
News Activists choose ambulance driver Troughton to be Copeland candidate Labour members have chosen a councillor and former hospital doctor as their candidate in Copeland. Gillian Troughton pulled off… Peter Edwards 19th January, 2017, 10:51 pm
News Gwynne pledges fightback as Corbyn asks him to spearhead Copeland by-election bid Jeremy Corbyn has handed the task of defending Labour’s narrow majority in the Copeland by-election to a… Peter Edwards 3rd January, 2017, 4:17 pm
Comment Labour can win the Copeland by-election if it listens to voters on Brexit and makes the case for the vital role of migrant workers Some commentators claim the Copeland by-election is already Theresa May’s to lose. Perhaps, but if we’ve learned anything in… Graham Kendall 27th December, 2016, 8:00 am
News Corbyn critic Jamie Reed quits parliament for job in the nuclear industry Jamie Reed resigned his Commons seat today to take up a job at the Sellafield nuclear plant. The… Peter Edwards 21st December, 2016, 5:50 pm
Comment Power to the regions After one of the greatest shocks to the global financial market, UK plc is tentatively getting back on… Jamie Reed 17th September, 2014, 2:09 pm