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
We’re ready for a General Election 31st October 2019 We’re holding a general election on 12 December – so we can elect a new Parliament, get Brexit done and let the country move on. National News
A new deal: getting Brexit done and taking back control 17th October 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated a new deal – this is a real Brexit deal which ensures that we take back control. This new deal ensures that we take... National News
See where we're hiring police officers in your area 9th October 2019 The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to... National News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
Our education policy is improving the nation’s skills 4th October 2019 When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools... National News
We’re ending low pay in work 3rd October 2019 People’s hard work and talents should be rewarded fairly. That has long been a key principle of Conservative government.We have made huge strides in the last... National News
