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A motion asking East Suffolk Council's Cabinet to consider a council tax rebate over the Better Recycling rollout was defeated at Full Council on Wednesday, 23 September 2026, after a tied vote was broken by the chair's casting vote.
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East Suffolk voted to disestablish Planning Committee North, Planning Committee South and the Strategic Planning Committee on Wednesday, 23 September, replacing them with a single planning committee to comply with new government rules.
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A motion calling for Essex & Suffolk Water and Anglian Water to be made statutory consultees on planning applications was withdrawn at East Suffolk Full Council on Wednesday, 23 September, after councillors from across the chamber said they would not support it.
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We're reporting live from Riverside in Lowestoft this evening, at what is expected to be a lively Full Council meeting at East Suffolk Council.
Long Reads
East Suffolk councillors were given three clear working days to work through a comprehensive rewrite of how planning decisions are made across the district. One of them is now calling on the council to defer the decision until next month and for the leader to stand aside.
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Conservative and Labour councillors are calling for East Suffolk Council to offer residents a Council Tax discount worth £382,000, after what they describe as a "chaotic" rollout of the authority's new recycling scheme.
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Suffolk councils recorded 4,144 fly-tipping incidents last year, but issued just 54 fines, as the Government prepares to raise maximum penalties by 400% to £5,000.
Opinion
Ipswich.co.uk columnist, The Insider, turns his or her attention to the state of decision-making at Ipswich Borough Council and East Suffolk Council, in which frustration and despair are the order of the day.
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Calls are growing for Caroline Topping, the Green leader of East Suffolk Council, to resign over the troubled Better Recycling rollout, as questions are raised (and answered) over whether better performance figures reflect a genuine improvement or a change in how they are counted.
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Deputy leader Paul Ashton gave a 20-minute apology to councillors and residents at East Suffolk Full Council on Wednesday, 22 July, confirming a specialist troubleshooter has been hired to help fix the council's troubled Better Recycling rollout, almost two months in.
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An internal report seen by this publication shows 45,936 bin collections were still missed last week, nearly two months into the troubled bin rollout in East Suffolk. Officers describe "marked improvement", but the figures, and a growing row around them, tell a different story.
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Seven weeks into a troubled recycling rollout, and with residents reportedly threatening legal action, a senior councillor says East Suffolk Council's governance – not just its bins – is now in question.
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