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Council rents to rise by 4.8% from April
Ipswich Borough Council has approved a 4.8% increase to council housing rents from 1 April 2026, adding an average of £5.07 per week to social housing rents.
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Conservative councillors told how to vote on local election delays
Conservative councillors at Suffolk County Council were instructed by their party whip to vote down an amendment supporting local elections going ahead in May, with one admitting he could have broken ranks but chose to be a "team player" instead.
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Year 5 pupils leave council chiefs 'in awe' at annual health report launch
For the first time in Suffolk County Council's history, young people didn't just contribute to its Annual Public Health Report – they led it.
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Suffolk County Council demands government corrects 'flawed' red road maintenance rating
Suffolk County Council is calling on the Department for Transport to correct a red rating it says wrongly labels the authority among the worst performers in England, after officials failed to include £10 million of early highway investment in their assessment.
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Why Ipswich is bidding to become 2029 City of Culture, not 2028 Town of Culture
The government has launched the first-ever UK Town of Culture competition for 2028, one year before Ipswich hopes to be crowned UK City of Culture. We explain why Ipswich is pursuing City of Culture, despite being, as many have pointed out, a town.
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Ipswich council to spend more than £600,000 on bins and bags
Ipswich Borough Council has agreed to spend more than £600,000 on bins and bags over the next three years to fulfil its statutory duty to deliver waste collections across the borough.
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New poll reveals food prices influencing 58% of region's voting choices
More than half of voters in the East of England say rising food prices are the most important cost of living pressure the government needs to tackle in 2026, according to new research that maps how economic concerns could be reshaping the political landscape constituency by constituency.
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Ipswich Borough Council to formally request postponement of May elections
Ipswich Borough Council voted on Tuesday, 14 January, to request that the government postpone its May 2026 elections, citing concerns about capacity to deliver local government reorganisation.
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Government drops mandatory digital ID plans after national petition signed by over 8,800 locally
The government has abandoned plans to make digital ID compulsory for workers after nearly three million people signed a petition opposing the scheme, including more than 8,800 residents across Ipswich and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich.
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NHS chief urges families to help ease hospital pressure
The chief nurse for Suffolk and North East Essex is urging relatives and friends to help discharge patients who are medically fit to leave, as local hospitals face high pressure from winter viruses and increased admissions.
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Brick falls from waterfront building narrowly missing pedestrian
A pedestrian had to quickly dodge a brick that fell from remedial works being carried out on a building on Regatta Quay.
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From 'exciting options' to open sale: Council changes course on former Crown Court
Less than four months after promising "exciting options" for the former Crown Court, Ipswich Borough Council has opted to put the building up for sale.