Trudy Harrison visited businesses across the area including Graphskill, Works4You and Yeathouse Alpacas as well as those based in the town’s new office accommodation Stirling Place.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson joined Trudy Harrison at Whitehaven Academy today to see how £20million Government investment would help transform the school.

Let's get Brexit done - that's the message on the doorsteps in Copeland.

Trudy Harrison, Copeland's Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate, has been out and about campaigning and listening to views.

Whitehaven trader Gerard Richardson is among the best in the country as he received commended in the final of the UK’s Best Small Shops competition in Parliament today.

The competition celebrates the creativity of smaller retailers and the central role they play in the local community.

Nuclear contracting firms spoke to Copeland MP Trudy Harrison about their obligations to the industry, workforce and the community.

Trudy met with Seascale-based Cumbria Nuclear Solutions Ltd (CNSL) which forms part of Sellafield’s Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP).

Copeland MP Trudy Harrison met with local farmers to discuss their post-Brexit farming needs.

Meeting in Wasdale, they also explored the potential for introducing a national food strategy for the UK and the importance of a ‘buy British’ policy.

Copeland MP Trudy Harrison has spoken out after the Government today gave the green light for Whitehaven’s £165million mine.

Copeland MP Trudy Harrison is holding a ‘Meet the Businesses’ day in Cleator Moor.

It follows news of Cleator Moor chosen as one of 100 places to be invited to bid for up to £25million from the Government’s Towns Fund and also stems from a recent Chamber of Trade event.

Copeland MP Trudy Harrison is encouraging her constituents to apply for funding from a Government pot to revive rundown green spaces or create ‘pocket parks’.

Copeland MP Trudy Harrison is set to chair a panel at a nuclear conference for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

The Commercialisation of the Small Nuclear 2 conference takes place in London on December 2.