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The Green group at Suffolk County Council has accused the ruling administration of "ignorance" or an "ideology against cycling" after plans for an e-bike hire scheme in Ipswich were shelved over safety concerns.
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Suffolk County Council is urging drivers to take extra care and never attempt to drive through floodwater as a Yellow Weather Warning for thunderstorms comes into force across the county on Wednesday, 26 August.
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Ipswich Period Rights has written to Ipswich Borough Council and Suffolk County Council calling for free period products in council-run public toilets. The letter has been backed by 15 local organisations and businesses.
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A new scheme lets Suffolk homeowners borrow up to £15,000 at a fixed 2.2% APR to fund solar panels, heat pumps, insulation and other energy efficiency measures – here's how it works.
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UNISON has come out against Suffolk County Council's plans to axe community staff nurse roles, as a petition against the cuts passes 1,600 signatures.
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Walkers can now complete the entire 17-mile Gipping Valley River Path between Stowmarket and Ipswich, after repair works reopened the final closed sections.
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Emotional support animals and pets have been banned from Suffolk County Council's offices, but just five days earlier, its leader's dog, Waffles, was given a pass and his own office sign. Ipswich.co.uk sniffs out the paper trail and puts the questions to the council's top dog...and his owner.
Opinion
'The Insider' has spent years inside Suffolk's corridors of power. Anonymous by necessity, unsparing by choice. In his first piece, he opines about the first 100-ish days of the Reform administration at Suffolk County Council.
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Ipswich Borough Council was awarded £875,000 in September 2023 to deliver a creative hub – leader Neil MacDonald called it an "exciting initiative." Three years on, the council got as far as agreeing heads of terms with a tenant – but no lease was ever signed, and no plan has replaced it.
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Suffolk County Council's monitoring officer found two breaches of law in a process he was part of. He then decided for himself how serious they were, and that the consequences could wait. A leaked report confirms the breaches, but does nothing to explain the delay.
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Ipswich Borough Council has appointed a development partner to draw up plans for the western gateway to the waterfront, covering Paul's Silo, the former Burtons building and St Peter's Dock car park.
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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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