Health secretary Matt Hancock has vowed to support Norfolk and Suffolk's struggling mental health trust and bring it out of special measures.

The Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding. Pictured: South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge, Babergh District Council leader John Ward and stable manager Lyn Bensusan, with Parys, one of the centre’s horses. Contributed picture. (26171791)

South Suffolk MP James Cartlidge. Picture: OFFICE OF JAMES CARTLIDGE

MPs have returned to Parliament in earnest following the Conservatives election victory and are starting to get used to a new way of working in the Palace of Westminster.

Suffolk's seven Conservative MPs are to keep up pressure for a rebuilding of the Copdock Mill junction and other parts of the A14. Back row: James Cartlidge, Dr Dan Poulter and Peter Aldous. Front row: Dr Therese Coffey, Tom Hunt, Matt Hancock and Jo Churchill. Picture: ELAINE BRYCE

James Cartlidge, Conservative MP for South Suffolk Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND

James Cartlidge has been re-elected for South Suffolk after securing a 22,897 majority over Labour.

One week from today, voters in South Suffolk will go to the polls to choose their Member of Parliament, in the UK’s third general election since 2015.

I am delighted to be the Conservative candidate for South Suffolk and I launched my positive campaign on Market Hill in Sudbury on Saturday 9th November. I am looking forward to speaking to residents as we campaign across the constituency's towns and villages in the coming weeks.

Traffic light talks: James Cartlidge with Carlo Guglielmi and Sir Bernard Jenkin at a meeting about the underpass on October 18

TRAFFIC lights are set to be installed at a notorious underpass as a short-term solution to 33 years of gridlock.

A bank has reversed its controversial decision to stop its customers using post offices to withdraw cash from their accounts.

Plans to recruit additional police officers in the county has received high praise from the MP for South Suffolk.