Local Elections on 7th May 2026 Tuesday, 14 April, 2026 The Ipswich Borough and Suffolk County County Elections are occurring soon. Please visit our Local Elections pages for full details. Pictured - launch of Suffolk Conservative Group Campaign. For full County Council details, click here and here on the Suffolk website. Local News
LOCAL HOMES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE 25th April 2021 In Ipswich the Borough Council owns a significant amount of council housing. It is great that we have this council housing stock to provide homes for people who... Local News
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 9th April 2021 Our sympathies to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family on the sad loss of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Photo of the car carrying the Queen and Prince Philip... Local News
Tom responds to Labour's Election Flyer 29th March 2021 “LOCAL LABOUR LIES: Just received an Ipswich Labour “leaflet” through my door", says Tom Hunt. Read the TRUTH below. Local News
Tom on the new Crime and Sentencing Bill 22nd March 2021 I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the Labour Party has become like a lead weight around the ankles of the town whose leading councillors have... Local News
Tom writes about Unoccupied Buildings and Labour's Negativity 12th March 2021 I have written my weekly column on the disused buildings we have around Ipswich and what the plan should be to deal with them effectively going forward. We... Local News
Town Deal Announcement 4th March 2021 Tom says he is very pleased that we have secured the full £25 million. Together the 11 projects that will be funded provide a significant boost to our Town at... Local News
Vaccine rollout update for Ipswich 26th February 2021 Here in Ipswich, 26,077 people or 23% of the population of the town has now received a vaccination. Across the country 19.3million doses have been given out. Local News
Grooming gangs debate led by Tom 7th February 2021 The appalling crimes committed by those involved in grooming gangs have destroyed the lives of thousands of young predominantly white working-class girls and if... Local News
Our spending boost to tackle adult mental illness 1st October 2019 Provision of community services for people with serious mental illness has historically not been a focus of mental health reforms. National News
How we’re planning to invest in our communities 30th September 2019 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has set out major new plans for investment alongside further measures to tackle the housing crisis. National News
5 key points you must know about our new housing policy 30th September 2019 Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will announce that tenants in new housing association properties will be given... National News
Why Labour’s education policy will undermine education 30th September 2019 We are investing £14 billion into school funding to make sure our children have a world class education. We’ve made sure that extra funding will go towards... National News
The Chancellor’s Speech to Conference 2019 30th September 2019 Twenty years ago, Mum thought it was a big deal when she watched the first Asians move into Coronation Street here in Manchester.Well, now she’s watched as the... National News
We’re giving police officers Tasers to combat assault 29th September 2019 Senseless violence has blighted our streets for far too long.Over recent weeks, we have seen police officers attacked while simply doing their jobs. And... National News