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Progress being made on providing a new car park for Clare
Progress is being made on the new Clare car park, albeit slowly. West Suffolk Council has now received the results of the topographical study it commissioned for the social club site and officers are working up some initial layout ideas which will be shared with stakeholders in the next few weeks. It is important that Read more
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Bury St Edmunds has new leisure facilities cancelled by Labour led council
On Friday I was shocked to receive a call from the Labour Leader at West Suffolk Council informing me that he has decided to cancel the planned new leisure facilities, known as the Western Way project. The project was much more than just a leisure center replacement it was also planned to share space with Read more
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Highpoint Estate Residents Association (HERA) AGM – a great success and a serial fraudster revealed in our midst!!!!
When we set up HERA, over a year ago, we could not have imagined the success it was to become. Last night I attended the AGM and was given the opportunity to speak. It is moments like last night that make being a councillor so worth while. The whole team had never run an Annual Read more
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£320,000 for temporary accommodation – decision to be made in private without scrutiny.
West Suffolk Council is set to buy a building to house Afghans, Ukrainians and others at a cost of £320,000. I am very concerned how this is happening. For the purpose of this blog post I want to put to one side the relative merits of buying the building. I am more concerned about the Read more
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Kedington do it again. What a village, what a team.
Wonderful homemade food with a decent cup of coffee and all in a great cause. Read more
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Labour tightly controlling communications at West Suffolk Council – there isn’t any???
It is usual for West Suffolk Council to engage with the public and councillors. Something has changed since the May election. After nearly 4 months we have heard nothing from the Labour led minority coalition. The Leader of the Council would normally write a regular Leaders report and share with councillors from all parties. This Read more