Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk
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Suffolk County Council's cabinet voted unanimously to spend up to £500,000 fighting the government's reorganisation plans in court, but a single remark from the council's leader raises a question many in Ipswich have long been asking: whose interests is Suffolk County Council actually fighting for?
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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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Suffolk County Council is temporarily switching off solar panel systems at 80 schools across the county following a fire at Sidegate Primary School in Ipswich, amid concerns the panels may have been a factor in three separate school fires.
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Suffolk County Council has renewed its commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant as Armed Forces Week gets underway, with the county's Lord Lieutenant and council leader among those gathering to mark the occasion.
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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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Drivers in east Ipswich face eight weeks of road closures from Monday, 22 June, as Suffolk Highways and Cadent begin a major joint programme of highway and gas main improvements.
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Drivers and residents near Ipswich's Waterfront should expect overnight road closures and traffic changes this summer as Suffolk Highways carries out a major programme of improvements ahead of the new Prince Philip Lock Bridge.
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Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is getting 11 new frontline fire engines as part of a £3.6 million fleet renewal programme, with the vehicles due to enter service at stations across the county later this year.
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Suffolk County Council has approved spending up to £1.35m to develop a business case for improving a congestion-hit junction on the A140 at Earl Stonham, with opposition councillors raising financial, environmental and community concerns about the scheme.
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More than 1,000 eligible families across Suffolk are failing to claim Healthy Start support, leaving an estimated £1 million in food and vitamin payments unclaimed, even as weekly payment rates rise.
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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.
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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.
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