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
Rail, road and broadband measures in autumn statement will be 'fantastic boost' 23rd November 2016 Investment boosts for the region’s transport, housing and scientific research unveiled by the chancellor are further signs that decades of underinvestment is... Westminster News
Police role for Suffolk mayor? 18th November 2016 Tim Passmore was re-elected as PCC earlier this year. Could the role be expanded into that of mayor of Suffolk? Could a Suffolk-only mayor have the role... Local News
New home growth still sluggish as house prices rocket 16th November 2016 New figures from the government’s Office of National Statistics show just how difficult it has been to get new homes built in the teeth of the recession and the... Local News
Concern as application for vital phone mast in Suffolk village is withdrawn 12th November 2016 Residents of a tiny Suffolk village where mobile phone coverage is so bad that the public pay phone is still used hundreds of times a day have been dealt a... Local News
America’s role in NATO key concern for South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge 9th November 2016 South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge warned against too much concern about a Donald Trump presidency – but said the most important issue for this country was his... Westminster News
Supreme Court Brexit appeal questioned by South Suffolk MP 8th November 2016 South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge yesterday asked the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis MP, to withdraw the Government’s appeal to... Westminster News
My thoughts on the Article 50 Court Judgement 6th November 2016 James Cartlidge: The triple lock. The NHS. The aid budget. If there’s to be a snap election, we’ll need a new manifesto. Iain Dale is right – the Prime Minister... Westminster News
Will the A12 be a road to London fit for the 21st century by 2020? 1st November 2016 Improvements to the A12 between Colchester and Ipswich could be on the cards in the next round of Government road spending in a bid to make the route fit for... Local News
BT phone box in Elmsett is the most-used in Suffolk because mobile signal is so poor 30th October 2016 To many, public phone boxes are almost a relic of the past. Barely used in the modern mobile era, some have even been converted for other uses – such as storing... Local News
