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A Section 5A report is one of the most serious sanctions available in English local government – and one is heading Suffolk County Council's way. Rather than being issued at pace, as convention demands, it appears set to wait until the council's October cabinet meeting. We ask why.
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Suffolk County Council's Reform UK leader, Michael Hadwen, is exploring selling off the council's wholly owned companies before power is handed to three new unitary authorities, a recording of a private meeting has revealed, sparking outrage from opposition leaders.
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Suffolk County Council has rejected four opposition challenges to how it decided to pursue legal action against the Government over local government reorganisation (LGR), but has declined to publish its reasoning or comment further on the decision.
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Ipswich MP Jack Abbott handed a petition signed by more than 4,000 people to Suffolk County Council on Thursday, 16 July, calling for a revived Ipswich Northern Bypass, but the council's position remains unchanged as it continues to develop its cabinet report due in September.
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A row has broken out at Suffolk County Council over an £18,484 office refit for new leader Michael Hadwen, with the Conservatives branding it "personal aggrandisement".
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Suffolk County Council has filed a judicial review claim against the Secretary of State over local government reorganisation. The legal arguments are now known, but the threshold is high, and even a successful outcome may not deliver what the council is seeking. We explain all.
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The council appears to be pursuing a judicial review of the Government's local government reorganisation plans, but with a legal deadline that falls before its cabinet meeting on 29 June, residents and councillors still don't know if a claim has been filed, on what grounds, or at what cost.
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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.
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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.
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Suffolk County Council has rejected proposals to adopt a rights-of-rivers approach that would have given waterways legal protections, including the right to flow freely and be free from pollution, following similar moves by Norwich City Council and other authorities.
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County councillors have passed a motion criticising Government budget measures, including the lifting of the controversial two-child benefit cap, despite a former Ipswich MP dismissing it as "party political grandstanding".
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Nigel Cann will become sole chief executive of the £38 billion Sizewell C nuclear power project from 1 January 2026, as Julia Pyke steps down after eight years leading the Suffolk development through its financing phase.
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