From April 2027, employees will be entitled to two weeks' bereavement leave covering a wider range of relationships and pregnancy loss. Here is what is changing, and what it means for you.

Ipswich MP Jack Abbott launches a survey on plans to regenerate Waterloo House, the former Debenhams, after Ipswich Borough Council bought the empty…

Jack Abbott has welcomed new Government legislation that will end a £7,000 compensation shortfall for the bereaved families of asbestos and dust-disease victims.

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A new blue plaque dedicated to Edward Caley, the engineer who designed the Ipswich Wet Dock has been unveiled by schoolkids.

A solution to Ipswich's reliance on a single crossing of the River Orwell could cost more than £1bn and not be finished until at least 2039 at the earliest, according to a Suffolk County Council repor...

Former PM thanks local Labour supporters and says he is proud of what he delivered in 11 years in the House of Commons

Jack Abbott, MP for Ipswich, hands over his column to some brilliant young people who took part in his Summer School - Anna, Charlotte, Erin and…

Ipswich Period Rights has written to Ipswich Borough Council and Suffolk County Council calling for free period products in council-run public toilets. The letter has been backed by 15 local organisat...

GCSE results day brought successes and top grades to students across Ipswich.

Ipswich is set to receive more than £1.25 million in government funding to tackle rough sleeping, with the Government saying everyone sleeping rough in the town will be offered a route off the streets...

Ipswich residents are being urged to make use of free litter-picking equipment, as a new campaign works to reduce rubbish on the town's streets and highlight local businesses already taking steps to c...

A youth-led campaign is highlighting where people in Ipswich can access free period products, as part of a push to tackle period poverty and stigma in the town.

People experiencing a mental health crisis in Ipswich will be able to access specialist emergency support at Woodlands Unit, rather than waiting in a busy A&E department, under new government plans an...

Ipswich County Library is set for an almost £900,000 transformation – its first major refurbishment in more than four decades – with work expected to start towards the end of 2026.

The Reform UK leader hit out at Mr Burnham for ignoring his party which 'led over 300 national opinion polls and represents thousands of councillors and millions of Britons across the country'

Ipswich MP Jack Abbott has welcomed a UK-wide consultation on plain packaging and display restrictions for vapes, as the government moves to tackle youth nicotine addiction.

Constable’s most famous painting has never been exhibited in Suffolk — until now. Don’t miss this beautifully presented exhibition in Ipswich