My latest SFP column - December 2025 Thursday, 18 December, 2025 As we enter the final week before Christmas, I hope most readers will be more organised than me – and are able to avoid last minute shopping. But whether you’re completely stocked up for the Yuletide phase or still have some way to go to tick everything off the list, I’m sure you won’t mind my usual refrain… don’t forget to shop local! Helpfully, the Town Council have produced a free Sudbury... Articles
Eastern Institute of Technology bid is ‘key to unlocking the potential of future generations’ 15th November 2018 On Thursday, November 15, local MP Jo Churchill, Liz Truss MP and James Cartlidge MP met with Dr Nikos Savvas, Principal of West Suffolk College, to show their... Local News
Most East Anglian MPs rally around PM as confidence vote looms 15th November 2018 Most Conservative MPs from this region continue to support the Prime Minister in the face of the Brexit storm – but accept that the Parliamentary numbers make... Westminster News
Remembrance 2018: Piper starts commemorations in Sudbury with Battle’s O’er 11th November 2018 Remembrance events in Sudbury commenced at 6am when piper Tricia Drawbridge played Battle’s O’er outside St Peter’s against the backdrop of the striking poppy... Local News
Crowds gather in solemn Remembrance at village’s newly dedicated war memorial 11th November 2018 Serving military personnel joined crowds in the shadow of a newly unveiled war memorial to remember the fallen. People gathered in Capel St Mary to pay their... Local News
Hadleigh Taskforce meeting 2nd November 2018 Interesting & useful South Suffolk Taskforce forum in Hadleigh’s historic Guildroom opposite their poppy-adorned church. Local News
Education Secretary Damian Hinds meets Suffolk MPs over fears for special needs funding 30th October 2018 Suffolk MPs Jo Churchill, Peter Aldous, Therese Coffey, Dan Poulter and James Cartlidge with Damian Hinds after their meeting about Special Needs education in... Local News
Wage growth 26th October 2018 One factor above all is often cited as the reason why our modern politics seems to be unstable, and that is the freeze in wages many have felt since the 2008... Articles
My Thoughts on a 'People's Vote' 24th October 2018 I have recently received a large number of emails and social media messages encouraging me to support a so called ‘people’s vote’ or second referendum. Others... Articles
Calls for ‘tough action’ to deter hare coursing and guard rural communities 21st October 2018 South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge with CLA member George Hurrell Picture: CLA Countryside campaigners have lobbied for tougher action on illegal blood sport as... Local News
