News
Suffolk County Council has written to the county's chief constable calling for guarantees that police training never creates "doubt, hesitation or competing priorities" when responding to a risk to life – a direct response to national debate sparked by the heavily politicised murder of Henry Nowak.
News
Ipswich MP Jack Abbott has written to Suffolk County Council and Anglian Water demanding an immediate inspection of drainage infrastructure after flash flooding caused widespread disruption across the town on Tuesday.
Features
Suffolk County Council's Reform administration says it is cutting waste and ending virtue signalling. Opposition parties are united in saying it is doing the opposite. We examine, in detail, the arguments on both sides.
News
Suffolk County Council is set to rescind its climate emergency declaration and remove all net zero targets, leader Michael Hadwen has confirmed, as the Reform UK-led authority moves to overhaul its approach to environmental policy.
Features
Essex and Suffolk are both mounting legal challenges to government reorganisation under Reform leadership. Essex chose to publish its pre-action letter; Suffolk has not. Reading one tells us a great deal about what the other might say, and whether the challenge is worth the cost.
News
Suffolk County Council has sent a pre-action letter to the Government warning it will seek a judicial review unless Ministers withdraw plans to reorganise local government in the county, escalating a dispute that began when the new Reform administration took control earlier this month.
Features
In her leaving speech, outgoing Suffolk County Council chair Jessica Fleming said that "council meetings should not be dull". Well, this one certainly wasn't. Here's everything you need to know about yesterday's AGM.
News
Reform UK's Michael Hadwen was elected leader of Suffolk County Council on Thursday, with opposition councillors challenging his appointment over his lack of experience and demanding an apology for his previous posts on social media.
News
Reform UK's Michael Hadwen is set to mark his first act as leader of Suffolk County Council with a call for a judicial review of the Government's Local Government Reorganisation decision – a move that has attracted widespread criticism.
News
Reform UK has selected Michael Hadwen as its candidate for Leader of Suffolk County Council, choosing a former party staffer with no elected experience over 14-year council veteran, Christopher Hudson.
Features
A behind-closed-doors leadership battle is underway at Suffolk County Council, with three Reform UK councillors understood to have put their names forward. Ipswich.co.uk examines who they are, what they bring, and what each could mean for the county.
Our journalism is funded by local businesses. Use them or lose them.