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Suffolk County Council will see its core spending power rise by 24% over this Parliament under the government's funding settlement, but the authority says this masks a £6 million budget gap and assumes councils will raise council tax to the maximum every year.
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Jack Abbott has launched a scathing attack on Suffolk County Council, accusing the authority of making "little progress" on the Northern Bypass despite a cross-party vote supporting the project five months ago and robust backing from ten of the county's biggest employers.
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Suffolk County Council has rejected proposals to adopt a rights-of-rivers approach that would have given waterways legal protections, including the right to flow freely and be free from pollution, following similar moves by Norwich City Council and other authorities.
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County councillors have passed a motion criticising Government budget measures, including the lifting of the controversial two-child benefit cap, despite a former Ipswich MP dismissing it as "party political grandstanding".
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The government has published its first National Youth Strategy in 15 years, outlining how it plans to give every young person "someone who cares, somewhere to go, and a community they feel part of" through over £500 million of investment over the next decade.
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Suffolk has secured a significant funding increase for its bus network – more than doubling from £11.6 million over the past three years to £26.8 million over the next three. But the county council cannot yet guarantee service continuations or confirm fare reductions.
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From increased fines for littering to the great homework debate, Ipswich primary school pupils demonstrated "the very best of Ipswich" as they formed political parties, designed manifestos and participated in a mock election hosted by their local MP.
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Ivan Ambrose, who developed PTSD from the pandemic's constantly changing rules and has not left his house since the pandemic, saw his campaign for autism-friendly emergency support debated at Westminster on Tuesday, 2 December, after nearly five years of tireless advocacy.
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The Mayor of Ipswich has praised Kevin Sinfield's "outstanding effort" after the rugby legend completed the first leg of his seven ultramarathons in seven days challenge in the town.
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District and borough council leaders backing a three-council proposal for Suffolk have accused the county council of misleading the public over the financial impact of their One Suffolk plan.
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Young people are passionate about national politics. Yet most cannot name their local councillor, let alone tell you what they do. Nathan Wilson is the exception. Elected to Ipswich Borough Council aged just 18, he has spent four years learning why his peers stay away.
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From frozen tax thresholds to scrapped benefit caps, the chancellor's latest Budget will reshape the finances of thousands of Ipswich households and businesses. We break down exactly who benefits and who pays the price.
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