Merry Christmas Wednesday, 24 December, 2025 Ipswich Conservative Association would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. We shall be back campaigning in January, whether it be for County or Borough elections as yet to be confirmed. Thanks to all our members, supporters, friends, volunteers and residents of Ipswich who have been with us this year. Local News
What New Rail Means For Us 22nd September 2016 Ben promised in his previous article to talk about what precisely the new rail franchise means for us in Ipswich. He writes: "Please don’t groan if you’re not... Local News
How We Won Better Rail 14th September 2016 The announcement of the new franchise a few weeks ago felt like a very, very early Christmas present. It is hard to overstate the importance of this decision... Local News
New Rail Franchise Brings £1.4 Billion Investment 17th August 2016 Last week the government announced Abellio Greater Anglia will hold the Eastern Rail Franchise. After a tough bidding process, Abellio Greater Anglia have... Local News
Upper Orwell Crossing - Public Consultation Survey 20th July 2016 The Upper Orwell Crossings - formerly Wet Dock Crossing - has entered public consultation. Please follow the link to have your say. Local News
Ipswich Conservatives pay tribute to David Cameron 12th July 2016 Farewell to David Cameron and welcome to Theresa May. Westminster News
David Cameron Response 25th June 2016 David Cameron's response to the referendum result is reproduced below. Westminster News
Secretary of State Rejects Labour’s Ravenswood Council House Project 19th June 2016 The Communities Secretary Greg Clark has turned down Ipswich Borough Council’s plan to build 94 council owned dwellings at Ravenswood. Local News
Condolences to the family of Jo Cox 16th June 2016 Ipswich Conservative Association offers its c ondolences to the family of Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley in West Yorkshire, after an horrific attack caused her to... Westminster News
Connecting Communities 16th June 2016 Suffolk County Council launched their “Connecting Communities Transport Services”. Local News
How our Bounce Back Loans will boost small businesses affected by coronavirus 28th April 2020 Small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, the Chancellor announced... National News
Boris Johnson: If we keep going, we will beat coronavirus together 27th April 2020 The Prime Minister has returned to Downing Street to lead the country in tackling coronavirus. He lays out the five tests for when we are moving to phase two of... National News
Coronavirus testing available to all essential workers 24th April 2020 All essential workers in England and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested. National News
Our Future Fund for supporting innovative British businesses 21st April 2020 We’re supporting start-ups by delivering £250m of new government funding to innovative businesses across the United Kingdom. National News
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications 21st April 2020 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications – and will provide support for millions of businesses and employees across the UK. National News
Why we’re extending the Coronavirus lockdown 17th April 2020 The Government announced that the social distancing measures currently in place to tackle the coronavirus will continue for at least the next three weeks. National News
