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
Labour just tried to block Britain leaving the EU AGAIN 10th January 2020 Last night Parliament backed the Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal at its Third Reading, building on our overwhelming mandate to get Brexit done by 31 January and... National News
MPs back the Prime Minister's plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. 20th December 2019 Today MPs voted to back the Prime Minister's plan for the UaK to leave the EU on 31 January. National News
Boris Johnson’s speech outside Downing Street 13th December 2019 Boris Johnson delivered his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street since the General Election. He told the UK how he would form a people’s Government... National News
Enough is enough. Vote Conservative and let’s get it done. 12th December 2019 In his polling day message to voters, the Prime Minister asks the public to vote Conservative. National News
Cost of Corbyn’s Christmas – Corbyn would make your family Christmas cost a third more 11th December 2019 New analysis has revealed that the cost of Christmas across Britain would increase substantially under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. National News
The choice tomorrow 11th December 2019 With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats for a majority, but... National News