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
Mental Health Watch campaign gathers support in Suffolk - have you signed our pledge? 30th October 2015 The public and MPs are amongst the first to officially sign up to our pledge to fight for those who suffer with mental health problems. Local News
MPs and health chiefs back our new Mental Health Watch campaign 27th October 2015 Our new campaign to fight for those who suffer mental health problems has received the backing of charities, MPs and the boss of the NHS trust tasked with... Local News
MP impressed with new management at Clare country park 27th October 2015 With the trustees of Clare Castle Country Park soon to find out if their Heritage Lottery Grant bid has been successful, their work has been praised by the MP... Local News
Delphi Diesel Systems ‘committed’ to Sudbury factory 20th October 2015 Reassurances have been given about the future of an engineering plant in west Suffolk, which is one of the region’s biggest employers. Local News
Ipswich must prosper to help boost whole of Suffolk, say Suffolk’s rural MPs 19th October 2015 Suffolk as a whole will lose out unless Ipswich starts fulfilling its potential – and it is crucial the county town now secures more investment for major... Local News
Be honest, tax credit cut will be painful, Suffolk MP claims 19th October 2015 some pain, a Suffolk MP has claimed amid clamours for the Government to look again at its plans to cut tax credits. Westminster News
James Cartlidge MP: I support Osborne’s tax credit plan – and so should my Conservative colleagues 19th October 2015 My article on Tax Credits for ConservativeHome. Articles
Police called to parish meeting in Lovejoy village for second time in a fortnight 17th October 2015 Police were called to a parish council meeting in a picturesque Suffolk tourist village for the second time in just two weeks after they received complaints... Local News
Suffolk MP James Cartlidge wants end to rural 'not spots' 15th October 2015 Villagers in the Suffolk countryside are being let down because of the failure to deliver broadband, according to the South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge. Local News