Andrew Johnson selected as our Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Sunday, 13 August, 2023 We are pleased to announce that we have selected Andrew Johnson as our new Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. Andrew was voted in by members of the Association at a meeting at Whitehaven Civic Hall today (Sunday), and brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and skill to the role. Andrew was born in the West Cumberland Hospital and was brought up in Distington, where he attended Distington... Articles
Mark Jenkinson Welcomes Workington Gateway Funding 19th January 2023 The gateway to Workington is set to benefit from multimillion improvements via the Government's Levelling Up Fund after staunch support from the Workington MP... Local News
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors To Be Built In Workington 3rd January 2023 John Coughlan the CEO of TSP Engineering, part of the GMET group of companies, has announced that GMET Nuclear reactor ‘NuCell’ will be manufactured within TSPs... Local News
Cumbria Coal Mine Given Government Approval! 8th December 2022 I want to share with you my thoughts on a very welcome development in this, the season of good news. As many of you may already know by now, the Government has... Local News
Mark Jenkinson MP meets with Electricity North West 23rd November 2022 Sections of Workington’s power network have been upgraded with specialist equipment ahead of the winter months. Throughout the year, Electricity North West has... Local News
Mark Jenkinson Welcomes Levelling Up Submission 4th August 2022 Mark Jenkinson MP has moved a step closer to delivering another one of his election promises – the realisation of an ambitious vision for the gateway to... Local News
Labour Leader speaks out against Whitehaven mine 28th April 2022 Sir Keir Starmer - Leader of the Labour Party - has spoken out AGAINST the Whitehaven mine during a visit to Workington today. When asked for his party's... Articles
Copeland Conservatives welcome flood defence funding 12th April 2022 Copeland Conservative Association has welcomed the Government announcement that its targets to boost flood defences have been exceeded. Defra confirmed today... Articles
Jeff praises St Bees partnership working 11th April 2022 Jeff Hailes - our Cumberland Council candidate for Egremont - continues to work hard in his role as Copeland Borough Councillor for St Bees. Councillor Hailes... Articles
Mark Jenkinson Backs Local Charities 8th April 2022 Mark Jenkinson MP, today visited his local Coral shop in Workington to place a £50 charity bet on the 2022 Grand National, with all the winnings going to local... Local News
More than 19,000 jobs created by Kickstart Scheme 12th November 2020 Today the Chancellor has confirmed that more than 19,000 job placements have been created by our Kickstart Scheme so far – with tens of thousands more expected... National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on the COVID Vaccine in Full 9th November 2020 Read in full the Prime Minister's statement on mass testing progress, the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine and more. National News
4 Ways this Government is Supporting Businesses this Winter 6th November 2020 Throughout this pandemic, our priority has been clear: to protect lives and livelihoods. The Government’s announcements today will support businesses this... National News
The Prime Minister's COVID-19 Update in Full 5th November 2020 The Prime Minister spoke to the public on the first day of lockdown on our plans to tackle the coronavirus. Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. National News
Supporting our Economy this Winter: Chancellor's Statement in Full 5th November 2020 The Chancellor's Statement to the House on 5 November 2020, on our plans to support our ecnomy this winter as we tackle the virus. National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on Coronavirus in Full 2nd November 2020 Read the Prime Minister's statement today on coronavirus in full. National News