Councillor Neil MacDonald, a Labour representative for St John's Ward since 2000, leads Ipswich Borough Council.
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Ipswich Borough Council will decide on Tuesday, 14 July 2026, whether to launch a public consultation on new powers that let it auction leases on long-term empty shops – the move Ipswich.co.uk revealed was coming last month.
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Ipswich Borough Council is proposing to invest £400,000 over the next two years in a new Neighbourhood Cleansing Team, aimed at improving the appearance of streets and public spaces across the borough.
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Construction work on long-awaited improvements to Arras Square is set to begin this month, with local firm Brooks & Wood Ltd appointed to deliver the scheme ahead of a Christmas 2026 completion target.
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Singer-songwriters, bands, soloists and DJs will descend on Christchurch Park on Sunday, 5 July, as Ipswich Music Day celebrates its 36th year with more than 30 performers.
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If you live or work in Stoke Park and Chantry or Whitehouse, you now have the chance to directly shape how £20 million of government money is invested in your community. No formal qualifications are needed.
2026 Local Elections in Ipswich
Neil MacDonald is standing for Labour and Co-operative Party in the St. John's ward at the Ipswich Borough Council elections on Thursday, 7 May. We sent every candidate the same five questions — here are Neil's answers, published in full and unedited.
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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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Global fashion jewellery brand Lovisa has opened in the former Grimwades building on the Cornhill, becoming the second ground-floor tenant in the landmark property that sat empty for over a decade before the council acquired the building using Towns Fund money.
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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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Work has started on Ipswich Borough Council's Town Centre Greening project, which will introduce trees and planting across four streets between the town centre and waterfront.
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An undisclosed tenant will bring an empty town centre building back into use after the council agreed to invest £560,000 in the property, though details about both the building's location and the nature of the project have been kept confidential.
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