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Ipswich Trains
Ben uses the train regularly and knows firsthand how they are expensive and all too often late, dirty and slow. So Ben is working with other local MPs to ensure our town has the rail service it deserves, with improved punctuality, better rolling stock, increased capacity and a regular 60 minute service to London.
Ipswich Infrastructure
Ipswich is the fastest growing town in the East of England, yet there has been only limited investment in infrastructure. Ben will fight to ensure that expansion does not take place without the new roads, schools, surgeries and community amenities that the town needs. Ben has already won tens of millions of pounds of investment in the town's infrastructure but there is still much to be done. Ben will continue to battle for better roads, bus services,trains and flood protection.
Ipswich Hospital
Ben’s campaign to defend Ipswich Hospital from massive service cuts has won him the support of many people across the town. Ben has fought to keep vital cancer and heart services at Heath Road. He ensured the hospital will soon gain a new heart centre. Ben’s priority is to ensure that Ipswich people have the best possible local hospital treatment.
Ipswich Schools
Ipswich has some wonderful schools but they need more support, more freedom and some better buildings. Ben has already secured funding for a new Ipswich Academy but much, much more needs to be done. In visiting every school in the constituency and keeping in constant contact with parents, head teachers, pupils and staff, Ben is doing all he can to ensure Ipswich has the schools it deserves.
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Ben's recent activity in Ipswich
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Surgery
17th May 2013
Canvassing
11th May 2013
Canvassing
2nd May 2013
Ben's blog
Trains- The Long Slog
The night before last I was in the Dhaka Restaurant in Orwell Place with some friends, enjoying one of Foez Haque’s excellent curries and a few beers. Up on Foez’s wall, above the beautiful fireplace that once graced a proud drawing room and now faces the bar, is a collection of photographs, one of which has a shot of me and an old mate of mine who was in town for the day. It made me think: that was back when I was interviewing with the Ipswich Conservative Association to become the candidate, in July 2007 – very nearly six years ago. It’s been some time now...
Latest Ipswich news
All news is provided directly from the Evening Star and does not necessarily reflect Ben's opinion.
Mon, 20 May 2013
Stowmarket: Men fined £150 each for fox hunting with dogs
Two men have been fined £150 after being found guilty of fox hunting with dogs.
Mon, 20 May 2013
Fressingfield: Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in collision
A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries after being involved in a collision with a lorry.
Mon, 20 May 2013
Leiston: Proposal for 25 new homes in Valley Road recommended approval - subject to conditions
A scheme to build 25 new homes in a Suffolk town will soon go before planners.
Mon, 20 May 2013
Newmarket: Child released after becoming trapped in vending machine
Firefighters have released a child who became trapped in a toy vending machine in Newmarket.
Mon, 20 May 2013
Suffolk: Seven more horses test positive for anabolic steroids
Last year’s Ladbrokes St Leger hero Encke is among seven further horses formerly in the care of Mahmood Al Zarooni to test positive for anabolic steroids, the British Horseracing Authority has said this afternoon.