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Ipswich commuters will not face rail fare increases for the first time in three decades, the Chancellor and Transport Secretary have announced, with the freeze meaning season ticket holders travelling to London will avoid an additional cost of nearly £500 per year.
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Jack Abbott has welcomed new laws making it illegal to resell tickets for live events above their original cost, which the government says will save fans an estimated £112 million per year.
Opinion
On the same day that the Salthouse announced its two £2 million investment in Ipswich's waterfront, another Grade II listed building on our high street began its transformation into a neon-lit vape shop.
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Armed forces families in nearly 5,000 military homes across the East of England will benefit from a new Defence Housing Strategy that commits £9 billion over the next decade to upgrade and modernise military accommodation.
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Thousands of residents in the Ipswich and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituencies have signed a parliamentary petition opposing the introduction of digital ID cards, making it the most popular petition in the area.
Feature
With suicide rates significantly higher among autistic people, Suffolk's three-year assessment waits aren't just frustrating – campaigners say they're potentially fatal.
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The government's decision to delay long-awaited special needs reforms until 2026 comes as Suffolk faces a £161 million deficit in its schools budget, while grappling with soaring demand that has seen the county deliver 2,289 more education and health care plans than the previous year.
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Patrick Spencer has backed warnings that the government's digital ID plans represent "unprecedented state control" and could mark a "dangerous shift in the balance of power between government and governed."
Feature
Ipswich has always had a knack for being quietly ahead of its time. In 1902, using the spirit of those relentlessly inventive and industrious Victorians, Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies built the world's first commercially available petrol-powered lawnmower. Cutting-hedge technology, you could say.
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Chief Constable Rachel Kearton has launched Suffolk's new Welfare Support Van to tackle the challenges faced by officers during extended scene guard duties and operations across the county.
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New figures show that more than 5,000 children across Ipswich and Central Suffolk and North Ipswich are living in households affected by the two-child limit, as charities call for the Government to scrap the controversial benefit policy.
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Government plans to mandate solar on new builds come as provisional figures show Ipswich had 2,540 domestic solar installations in March 2025, up from 2,455 in December 2024.