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
GREAT NEWS FOR THE ECONOMY WITH THE CONSERVATIVES 5th February 2015 Ben Gummer and his colleagues in government are enabling the UK economy to steam ahead. All the major sectors of the UK economy are picking up in growth... Local News
GREAT NEWS FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CONSERVATIVES 22nd January 2015 Ben Gummer and the Conservatives in Government are delivering jobs and lots of them- Local News
ENERGY PRICE CUTS LIKELY -BUT ONLY IF YOU VOTE CONSERVATIVE… 12th January 2015 The Conservatives have frozen vehicle fuel duty since 2011 saving average car drivers over £650 per year. Without the stranglehold of the threat of state... Local News
Northern Fringe Development - Queues likely 3rd January 2015 Journey times in north Ipswich will rise by up to 15 minutes per journey because of the Northern Fringe Development. Local News
Everyone must get great childcare- not just the well-off 15th December 2014 Read Ben's recent Ipswich Star column here. Local News
CONGRATULATIONS 18th September 2014 Congratulations to Ben and Sarah Gummer on the safe arrival of their baby boy. Local News
HOLDING IPSWICH LABOUR TO ACCOUNT 8th August 2014 Conservative leader Nadia Cenci had called in a decision taken by the council’s Executive, to buy a property in Argyle Street and let it to the Bangladeshi... Local News
GOOD NEWS FOR HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN IPSWICH 23rd June 2014 GOOD NEWS FOR HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN IPSWICH With the UK economy on a strong road of recovery, all the statistics about UK plc are on a positive trajectory. Local News
Message from Eddy Phillips 28th May 2014 As the new Conservative Councillor for Bixley Ward in Ipswich, I wish to thank the 1141 people of this ward for electing me in the Ipswich Borough Elections... Local News
Your Questions Answered by: Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer 18th June 2020 Your questions answered by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer. National News
Shop safely today: shops can reopen their doors in England 15th June 2020 From June 15th, shops are able to reopen their doors in England, in the next step in our careful easing of lockdown – provided they are meeting robust safety... National News
Let us work peacefully and lawfully to defeat racism and discrimination 9th June 2020 The Prime Minister has condemned the violence seen against police officers during protests over the weekend. National News
Boris Johnson: We will meet our obligations to Hong Kong, not walk away 3rd June 2020 Britain wants nothing more than for Hong Kong to succeed under “one country, two systems”. I hope that China wants the same. Let us work together to make it so. National News
How we're protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods as we begin to kickstart our economy 3rd June 2020 Our top priority has always been to support people, protect jobs and businesses through this crisis. The furlough and self-employment schemes have been a... National News
This is why Pride Month matters 1st June 2020 Conservatives will always fight for a free, fair and tolerant Britain. National News