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
Suffolk headteachers are ‘very worried’ about funding as reserves start to run dry, head warns 21st March 2017 Nigel Burgoyne, headteacher at Kesgrave High School, said budget reserves are becoming depleted after years of savings, leaving Suffolk’s school leaders... Local News
Sudbury Relief Road Campaign 18th March 2017 £40m Sudbury relief road could cut number of HGVs in town by 60% An end to Sudbury’s ongoing traffic problems could be in sight after the business case for the... Local News
My thoughts on the Spring Budget 11th March 2017 James Cartlidge: The devastating truth at the heart of the NICs row. We’re palming difficult decisions off on the next generation. The current furore over the... Articles
Progress on technical education 10th March 2017 For many years the UK has performed poorly in the international productivity tables. In real terms, this means that in 2015, for every comparable hour worked in... Articles
Lavenham butchers hopes to win national prize 8th March 2017 James was pleased to congratulate Lavenham Butchers for winning the Rural Oscar for East of England Butcher and wishes them the best of luck for the finals at... Local News
Progress in campaign for better mobile phone coverage across Suffolk 7th March 2017 Kevin Hall, hTree UK's regional deployment consultant with South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge (right) at the improved Long Melford mast. A campaign for better... Local News
Meeting about new rail depot including wheel lathe which should ‘boost local area’ 3rd March 2017 Members of the public are invited to a meeting to find out more about Greater Anglia’s plans for a new rail maintenance depot on the Suffolk/Essex border. The... Local News
Suffolk MPs help ‘lifesaving’ domestic violence bill pass final reading in House of Commons 24th February 2017 “I cannot emphasise strongly enough how important this is to Suffolk.” These were the words of one activist from Ipswich after a treaty that promises to tackle... Westminster News
New rail depot plan unveiled in Brantham 10th February 2017 Plans for a new multi-million pound rail depot near Manningtree station have been unveiled by Greater Anglia. The new depot will be built on part of the former... Local News
