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7th April 2010

Who are the Forgotten People?

  We are!   The 5 million self employed who have lost work, but don't appear on any statistics; the people disturbed by anti-social behaviour; teachers, who can no longer do their jobs properly because unruly children make their lives impossible; health professionals who have their budgets slashed while the PCT 'invests' more than £500,000 of our money in a car park!   Patients who see services disintegrating at Ipswich Hospital, meaning they have to travel long distances for treatment; victims of serious crime, who see criminals released early, only to commit yet more crime.

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25th March 2010

Ipswich Conservatives Secure More Funding for Potholes Repair

Conservative Transport Porfolio Holder on Ipswich Borough Council, Cllr Tanya de Hoedt has secured additional funding to deal with the large number of potholes in Ipswich roads following the recent bad winter. She has negotiated with Suffolk County Council, the Highways Authority and obtained a one-off payment of £50,000 to fund dedicated teams to tackle the pothole problem as quickly as possible.  This money is in addition to the extra £180,000 being provided by Conservatives at the County Council to help deal with repairs needed following the bad weather.

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18th March 2010

Conservatives put Ipswich back on the Cultural Map

Following months of negotiations, part of the internationally renowned Saatchi Collection of modern art will be coming to Ipswich this summer. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for everyone in the town and surrounding areas to enjoy and learn about this unique collection, as well as to attract more tourists to the area.

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17th March 2010

What will replace Colchester Road Fire Station?

Judy Terry, Ward Councillor for Rushmere, arranged for local residents to be briefed about the future of the Colchester Road Fire Station at a public meeting on Monday, 15th March.   The Fire Service will move to new premises on the eastern side of Ipwich, giving them better premises and quicker access to emergencies within a year.

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6th March 2010

Dealing with a Noisy Neighbour

Conservatives in Stoke Park and Bridge have taken the lead in dealing with the nuisance neighbour Southern Cement, which is owned by a Spanish Company.   The noise from Southern Cement has been going on for three years and increasing in both frequency and duration as the operation expanded.  The Labour dominated South West Forum had constantly put it on their agenda but with little positive action.  Conservative councillor Nadia Cenci and Conservative Bridge ward activist James Spencer decided that a more assertive approach was needed.

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23rd February 2010

Modernising Housing Services

The Conservative led Ipswich council is looking to modernise Housing services by redeploying resources from the current housing offices in order to: • Spotting small problems before they become serious by increasing the number of Estate Officers by 70% having them on the beat rather than behind their desks • Finding out the real issues by having every tenant personally visited by a housing officer at least once a year, with vulnerable tenants being visited more often • Making the services accessible to those who work by allowing the full range of housing services to be available outside normal office hours, rather than close at 4pm Richard Pope, the housing portfolio holder for Ipswich and Conservative councillor for Stoke Park, said

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4th January 2010

Conservatives in talks to modernise Ipswich Buses

Conservative-led Ipswich Borough Council is in talks with the leading bus company, Go-Ahead, to improve Ipswich Buses.
 
The involvement of Go-Ahead which has a policy of local management and local identity for its bus routes would bring greater commercial expertise and buying power to Ipswich Buses.

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4th October 2009

Ben's investigation reveals over £220,000 paid out in compensation by Suffolk PCT

“£220,000 is a huge amount of money which could make a real difference to frontline care – it could, for example, pay for over 5,000 breast cancer mammograms.”
 
Ben Gummer, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Ipswich, has today released figures, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which reveal that Suffolk Primary Care Trust has paid out in excess of £220,000 in compensation to patients and staff since April 2007.

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8th August 2009

Transport : Practical policies not pipedreams

Tanya De Hoedt, the new Transport portfolio holder for Ipswich and the Conservative councillor for St. John's ward has hit the ground running by meeting with residents of Wherstead Road to see how Ipswich can better reflect their concerns.

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4th August 2009

Ben Gummer condemns government's port tax grab

 
Ben Gummer today condemned the government's back-dating of tax for port companies.
In 2008 the Valuation Office Agency realized that they had made an error in their calculation of the business rates owed by companies operating in ports.  The agency decided to backdate their tax demands to April 2005, even though the error was their own.

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