Budget Bonzana! Thursday, 28 March, 2024 You will all be aware of the national measures announced by the Chancellor in the Budget on Wednesday 6th March: fuel duty frozen, increasing the child benefit threshold and cutting NICs by a further 2%. But you probably won’t be aware of the significant investment into South Suffolk in recent weeks: £250,000 received by Gainsborough’s House from the National Lottery Heritage Fund £115k for... Local News
James Cartlidge MP: We must expand the trial of flexible season tickets and cut the cost of rail travel for part-time commuters 24th February 2020 Regular commuters who don’t use trains every day of the week are being short-changed. It’s time to modernise ticketing and make fares fair, writes James... Articles
Update on Local Bus Services 13th February 2020 Following an announcement in the middle of January that Chambers Buses were launching a consultation on a major reduction of bus services in villages near... Local News
'Give us £150m to boost A14' - Suffolk's plea to end traffic woes 8th February 2020 Suffolk's seven MPs have signed the letter to Chancellor Sajid Javid. Back row: James Cartlidge, Dr Dan Poulter and Peter Aldous. Front row: Dr Therese Coffey... Local News
Suffolk and Norfolk come together in plea to Government 5th February 2020 James Cartlidge introduces the East Anglian summit. Picture: NEW ANGLIA LEP Business leaders, MPs and council chiefs have come together at Westminster to try to... Local News
Norfolk & Suffolk Infrastructure priorities 5th February 2020 MPs and business leaders joined representatives from across Norfolk and Suffolk to pledge to work together to drive an infrastructure revolution across the two... Local News
BBC could be a great export success story 30th January 2020 In the coverage of Lord Hall of Birkenhead’s announcement that he will be resigning as director-general of the BBC, it is striking how much commentary has... Articles
New Trains on the Sudbury Branch Line 21st January 2020 James Cartlidge with Jonathan Denby from Greater Anglia and Mark Bills from Gainsborough's House on the new train from Sudbury to Marks Tey. Picture: Office of... Local News
'Still more work to do' - health secretary speaks over 'special measures' NHS trust in back yard 15th January 2020 Health secretary Matt Hancock has vowed to support Norfolk and Suffolk's struggling mental health trust and bring it out of special measures. The West Suffolk... Local News
Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding praised by politicians for support of people with disabilities 10th January 2020 The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding. Pictured: South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge, Babergh District Council leader John Ward and stable manager Lyn Bensusan... Local News