Jack Abbott is the Labour MP for Ipswich. He was elected in the July 2024 general election.
2026 Local Elections in Ipswich
With polling day just two days away, voters in Ipswich face a choice between five parties offering sharply different visions for the town and county. Here is where each one stands on the issues likely to decide how Suffolk is run for the next two years.
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Eighteen months ago, no one was listening. Today, Ipswich women with endometriosis have been to Parliament, they are educating employers and slowly changing the misunderstandings of endometriosis – and they are just getting started.
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From today, renters in Ipswich gain protections that campaigners have fought for over a decade. Landlords say the changes leave them dangerously exposed. We help you make sense of it all.
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A new transport masterplan drawn up in partnership by Freeport East and Transport East has set out 14 priority investments for the region, with the A14 Orwell Crossing and Copdock Interchange among the schemes identified as critical to unlocking economic growth.
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Ipswich Community Media has received £10,000 in government funding to support its work bringing people together in one of the town's most diverse areas.
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Suffolk New College is to receive £1.22 million in government funding to repair and modernise its buildings.
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Suffolk County Council is to receive more than £5 million from the government to set up a new service giving children faster access to specialist support, without the need for lengthy assessments.
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Suffolk has been allocated nearly £9.5 million to create more specialist places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as part of a national funding package for councils across England.
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After months of bitter argument, competing business cases and accusations of misleading the public, the government has made its decision — and Suffolk is getting three new unitary councils. We trace the journey that brought the county to this moment.
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Monica Thomas waited 17 years for a diagnosis. Faye Ramsey made 76 unanswered phone calls in a single week. Today, both women sat in Parliament as their MP made the case that their experiences must never happen again.
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Ipswich has been named on the longlist for UK City of Culture 2029, joining eight other towns and cities in the running for a title that has delivered transformational economic and cultural growth to previous winners.
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From a £3,000 grant for employers who hire young people on Universal Credit to a new AI apprenticeship launching this month, here is what the government's "New Deal" for young people could mean locally.
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