Conservatives call for a knife crime strategy for Ipswich Tuesday, 19 November, 2024 On 29th October the Leader and Deputy Leader of our group - Councillor Ian Fisher and Sam Murray, contacted the MP for Ipswich and the Labour Borough Council Portfolio Holder for Public Protection to ask for us to meet to discuss knife crime in Ipswich and our calls for an Ipswich Knife Crime Strategy. Despite sending a chaser to this letter, we are yet to receive a response. We have met with the... Local News
Labour's shocking failures in our town centre 24th March 2019 The Labour Council have just announced they are to spend nine months refurbishing the old Post Office building on the Cornhill, which has stood empty for four... Local News
Prime Minister's Statement on Brexit 20th March 2019 Nearly three years have passed since the public voted to leave the European Union. It was the biggest democratic exercise in our country’s history. I came to... Westminster News
Statement on Brexit by Tom 14th March 2019 Clearly the situation in Parliament at the moment is incredibly frustrating. There was a clear vote to leave the EU in the referendum and a clear deadline to... Local News
Our response to Labour's Budget 11th March 2019 The following speech was made by Cllr Eddy Phillips, Shadow Finance Portfolio Holder & Deputy Group Leader of IBC Conservative Group, on 27 February 2019. Yet... Local News
Liz on Radio Suffolk Monday at 7pm 10th March 2019 Hear Cllr Liz Harsant on BBC Radio Suffolk on Monday from 7pm. Local News
Congratulations to our Mastermind 8th March 2019 Local Conservative Member Elizabeth was on BBC2's Mastermind programme today (Friday). Congratulations for coming joint second on 18 points ! Local News
County council announces timescale to progress the Ipswich Northern Route project 27th February 2019 Leader of Suffolk County Council, Matthew Hicks has outlined the timescale for the next steps in producing the Strategic Outline Business Case which will... Local News
Corbyn backing second referendum - by Tom 25th February 2019 By backing a second referendum on our membership of the EU, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has made it crystal clear that the Labour Party do not respect the vote... Local News
Understanding Crime - by Tom 19th February 2019 Last week I visited several areas of Ipswich that have witnessed significant levels of crime related activity over the past few years. I wanted to learn more... Opinions
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News