Polly Billington

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Polly Billington is a former special adviser to UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband.

She is Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Thurrock at the 2015 UK general election.


Backgroud

Billington was a BBC journalist for 15 years, reporting for the Radio 4 Today programme and was the first ever dedicated political correspondent for Radio1 Newsbeat.

Billington played a key role as media director in Ed Miliband's successful leadership campaign and worked closely with him on energy and climate change, and was also an adviser to the Labour Party from 2010-2013. [1]

Now she lives in Grays, in the heart of Thurrock, and works for a national charity, Citizens Advice. [2]

Notes

  1. Polly Billington LinkedIn profile, accessed 21 October 2014
  2. Polly Billington Labour Party, accessed 21 October 2014