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Could you help decide how £40m is spent in your neighbourhood?
Ipswich Borough Council and Ipswich MP Jack Abbott are looking for residents to join two new Neighbourhood Boards, and you do not need any formal qualifications to apply.
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How would you spend £20m in Chantry, Stoke Park and Whitehouse?
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.
Opinion
Pride in Place: Clarity, purpose and legacy
With £20m of investment heading to Stoke Park, councillor Chu Man argues that money alone won't be enough — and sets out what it will take to make Pride in Place truly succeed.
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Whitehouse secures £20m in Pride in Place funding
The Whitehouse area of Ipswich is set to receive £20 million in long-term government investment, with residents given the power to decide how the money is spent over the next decade.
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Stoke Park and Chantry to receive £20m in 'transformational' government regeneration funding
Stoke Park and Chantry are set to receive £20 million in government funding over the next decade, with local residents given the power to decide how it is spent.
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Applications open for £1.5m fund to improve Ipswich community buildings and cultural venues
Organisations across Ipswich have until 5pm on Friday, 27 February 2026, to apply for funding from the new £1.5m Pride in Place Impact Fund, which supports projects that improve community buildings, upgrade cultural venues, and create spaces that strengthen local communities.
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Have your say on how £1.5m should be spent on Ipswich town centre
Residents are being invited to complete a survey telling Jack Abbott which projects should receive funding through the Pride in Place programme, from restoring empty buildings to improving public spaces and youth facilities.
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Government to give councils new powers to block 'fake' barbers and unwanted vape shops
Councils across England and Wales will be encouraged to use new powers to prevent unwanted betting and vape shops, along with "fake" barbers and other businesses suspected of being fronts for criminal gangs, under the government's new Pride in Place programme.
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Labour's Pride in Place programme awards Ipswich a fraction given to other nearby towns
Ipswich Borough Council will receive £1.5 million over two years to improve public spaces under the government's new Pride in Place programme, significantly less than the up to £20 million being allocated to five other Suffolk and Norfolk towns over the next decade.