Ian Fisher is a Conservative Ipswich Borough Councillor for the Castle Hill Ward. Ian was raised in and lives in Castle Hill, and has served as the District Councillor since 2016.
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A senior Ipswich councillor wants the Government to compensate residents for money spent preparing for local government reorganisation, after ministers axed the reforms.
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In an exclusive interview, Ian Fisher tells Ipswich.co.uk exactly why he leaked confidential council information – and why he would do it again. Now publicly disciplined for it, the Conservative group leader is asking whether a Labour councillor would have faced the same reckoning.
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A planning application has been submitted to transform the unused first floor of the former Grimwades building on Ipswich's Cornhill into an adult education suite, with the first students expected this September.
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Ipswich Borough Council has approved a £38 million aquatics centre as part of its £70 million four-year capital programme – but questions are already being raised about whether it will ever be built.
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Councillors have signed off a 2.99% council tax rise and £70m in town centre investment, but with the authority set to be abolished by 2028, opposition groups are questioning whether the promises can ever be delivered.
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All local elections in Suffolk will now go ahead in May after the government withdrew its decision to postpone 30 council elections across England following legal advice and a legal challenge from Reform.
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When the Government confirmed on 22 January that Suffolk's local elections would not go ahead in May, it marked the end of a contentious political battle that exposed deep divisions between councils and across communities about what democracy means in the midst of local government reform.
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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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Ipswich Borough Council has approved a £19.7m multi-storey car park at Portman Road that delivers fewer spaces than currently exist, funded by borrowing and enterprise zone money that could address more urgent needs.
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Ipswich Borough Council has approved a 2.55% increase in hackney carriage fares, bringing the cost of a two-mile daytime journey to £8.00 from November.
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Ipswich Borough Council will consider a motion requesting the Home Office temporarily halt further asylum seeker placements in the town due to strain on local services.
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