Minister backs calls for fewer pylons in Suffolk's Stour Valley Thursday, 6 May, 2021 James Cartlidge with local councillors on the route of the proposed power lines. - Credit: Office of James Cartlidge Environment Minister Lord Gardiner has joined calls for National Grid to put more of its cables underground as it creates a new power route across south Suffolk. The minister wrote to Robert Erith, President of the Dedham Vale Society, saying that the National Grid should not... Local News
Covid Vaccinations: Info for South Suffolk 5th May 2021 This page is to provide information regarding Covid-19 vaccines in South Suffolk. If you're aged 40 or over, or if you turn 40 before 1 July 2021, you can now... Local News
My response to the Bramford to Twinstead Consultation 5th May 2021 My response to the Bramford to Twinstead transmission network reinforcement interim consultation can be found below: As the Member of Parliament for South... Local News
My latest column - 15th April 2021 15th April 2021 We returned to Parliament on Monday, a day earlier than expected, amidst an atmosphere of quite extraordinarily mixed emotions. On the one hand, it was... Articles
See inside £9m work to transform iconic house into 'national art centre' 8th April 2021 South Suffolk MP, James Cartlidge, centre, visited the ongoing works at Gainsborough's House in Sudbury - Credit: James Cartlidge This is how an "ambitious"... Local News
MPs call for halt to Constable Country pylons consultation 25th March 2021 Some of the thousands of pylons that dominate the skies in Suffolk - Credit: Julie Kemp Four MPs from Suffolk and Essex have asked the government to stop the... Local News
My latest column - 18th March 2021 18th March 2021 On 18th March last year the Prime Minister made a statement to the country confirming that schools would be shut ‘until further notice’. That decision was soon... Articles
'Freeport' status for Felixstowe 3rd March 2021 The ports of Felixstowe and Harwich have been announced as locations for new 'Freeports' in the Chancellor's Budget. Freeports are special economic zones with... Local News
My latest column - 18th February 2021 18th February 2021 If the Covid-19 pandemic is one of the greatest crises to have faced any UK Government in history, it stands that delivering the only sustainable way out – mass... Articles
My latest column - Thursday 21st January 2021 21st January 2021 Amid the recent scenes of chaos as thugs descended on the legislature of our closest ally, the United States, one thought came to my mind: the chilling memory... Articles
