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
Ashdown Way Re-Surfaced - As Pledged 1st July 2018 During his election campaign, Bixley Cllr Eddy Phillips, pledged that Ashdown Way would be re-surfaced as part of the overall Felixstowe Road improvement scheme... Local News
Maggie Playbus –by Cllr Liz Harsant 26th June 2018 Liz writes "I have been involved with the Ipswich Community Playbus as far back as 2000 and have been Chair of the Charity for many years." Local News
Bangladeshi Pita Festival 25th June 2018 Ian Fisher, Liz Harsant and David Goldsmith attended the Suffolk Pita Festival. It was organised by the Bangladeshi Support Centre and was hosted at the Suffolk... Local News
Orwell Challenge Raises money for charity 22nd June 2018 Cllr Liz Harsant wrote in the recent “Waterfront Life Magazine “I am a proud member of the Rotary Club of Ipswich East and one of our biggest fundraisers over... Local News
More NHS funding announced in its 70th Anniversary Year 21st June 2018 We welcome the Prime Minister’s announcement of an additional £20.5 billion a year for the NHS. Theresa May outlined the development of a 10-year plan for the... Local News
Car Parking, how much? 18th June 2018 Labour controlled Ipswich Borough Council announced last week an 8.3% increase in short-stay car parking charges across the town. This is in addition to the... Local News
Explore Ipswich and be Entertained 14th June 2018 THE SAINTS - SUNDAY 17 JUNE - SUMMER ARTISAN MARKET - 10AM - 4PM Enjoy craft and artisan stalls, street musicians, set agianst a background of beautiful... Local News
Employment continues to rise 13th June 2018 More people are in work than ever before. In Ipswich, the number of people claiming the key out of work benefits has fallen by 1515, this is a 48% drop since... Local News
Chris promoted on Suffolk County Council 1st June 2018 Conservative County Councillor for St Margaret's and Westgate, Chris Chambers, has been named Deputy Cabinet Member for Education at Suffolk County Council in... Local News
Labour’s NHS policy descends into chaos 13th November 2019 Labour’s own research into shorter working hours has warned that a 35 hour week would hit hospitals and cause staff shortages. National News
12 Questions to Boris Johnson 12th November 2019 Boris Johnson's funny moments come up a lot in his general election broadcast, but the message is clear. National News
Only the Conservatives can be trusted to deliver jobs 12th November 2019 Since we came into office, we have fixed Labour’s mess and broken employment records.The number of people in full-time jobs is at a record high; we’ve taken the... National News
10 ways Labour would wreck our economy 12th November 2019 A Corbyn government means wasteful spending that would wreck the economy and dangerous plans to seize control of private businesses – at huge expense to the... National News
Workers to lose a month’s wages in higher taxes to pay for Corbyn’s reckless spending plans 12th November 2019 New research reveals that Labour’s reckless spending plans could hand an additional £2,400 bill to every taxpayer every year if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party can't be trusted on national security 11th November 2019 Just like they haven’t been able to decide on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party can’t be trusted not to dither on fundamental matters of national security... National News