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
Upper Orwell Crossings -What it means for our town 17th March 2017 Last week, the designs for the new Upper Orwell Crossings were revealed. Here is Ben Gummer's take on this excellent project. "I was standing just in front of... Local News
New Design for Cornhill Welcomed 14th March 2017 Ipswich Conservatives are delighted with the hard work of the Ipswich Vision Board * , in bringing about the refreshed design of the Cornhill. Local News
Conservatives Welcome Designs For New Wet Dock Crossings 12th March 2017 The incredible designs of the new Upper Orwell Crossings have been released. Local News
Creche Users Present Petition To Ipswich Council 8th March 2017 At this week’s executive meeting of IBC, the representatives of users of the crèche service (which Labour propose to close) presented their case and a petition. Local News
Beauty matters, because people do, by Ben Gummer 7th March 2017 More than twenty years ago, I was lucky enough to go, with my family, on a long drive through eastern Europe, to places that then felt very closed but have... Local News
Conservatives Vote Against Labour’s Northern Fringe Infrastructure Plan 2nd March 2017 Conservatives voted against Labour controlled Ipswich Borough Council’s infrastructure delivery plan for the Ipswich Garden Suburb (northern fringe). Local News
Conservatives’ Plan to Save Creche Services is Rejected by Ipswich Labour 23rd February 2017 At the Ipswich Borough Council budget meeting, Conservative Group Leader Cllr Nadia Cenci and Deputy Leader Cllr Eddy Phillips presented options which would... Local News
Ipswich Conservatives Push To Keep Creche Services 21st February 2017 Ipswich Labour councillors intend to close their Borough-operated town creches. The Conservative Group on Ipswich Borough Councillors believe that this... Local News
Ipswich Port - a hidden success story 14th February 2017 Here’s a question for you. Which port in the United Kingdom last year exported more agricultural products than anywhere else? Felixstowe? Southampton? Hull... Local News
Budget 2021: The Chancellor's Speech in Full 3rd March 2021 Read and Watch the Chancellor's Budget announcement here in full. One year ago, we promised the British people we would do whatever it takes to provide security... National News
Meet 3 of our great Police and Crime Commissioner candidates 28th February 2021 Meet three of our great Police and Crime Commissioner candidates: Festus Akinbusoye, Peter McCall and David Sidwick. National News
The Four Steps of the Lockdown Roadmap Explained 23rd February 2021 The Prime Minister set out today the four-step roadmap that will guide us out of lockdown. Here’s what that roadmap means for you. National News
Boris Johnson on the Roadmap to Easing Lockdown: Speech in Full 22nd February 2021 The Prime Minister set out today the roadmap that will guide us cautiously but irreversibly towards reclaiming our freedoms while doing all we can to protect... National News
Our Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan 11th January 2021 Today we have published our Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan, setting out how we plan to deliver the biggest vaccination programme in British history, to... National News
Second Approved Vaccine Begins Rollout Today 4th January 2021 Today, thousands of people across the UK will begin receiving the second vaccine approved by regulators. National News