Most of us actively campaigned for Leave in the Referendum and have not changed our stance since. Both local Conservative Associations, Ipswich / Central Suffolk & North Ipswich are still, and will remain, strong campaigners to ensure the result of the Referendum is enacted.

We hear often about how we’re living through a “housing crisis”. It has become harder and harder for young people to secure a foothold on the property ladder and in certain areas there often hasn’t been enough affordable housing to go around.

Tom Hunt, the Conservatives' candidate to be the next MP for Ipswich, met the Rt Hon Chris Grayling to raise residents' concerns over the state of transport in the town.

Tom Hunt met Andrew Jones MP, the Rail Minister at Ipswich Station to find out about the good news over the past year

On Wednesday evening, Ipswich Labour MP, Sandy Martin, didn't just vote for a second referendum on Brexit, he was also one of only a few MPs who voted to revoke article 50.

The Labour Council have just announced they are to spend nine months refurbishing the old Post Office building on the Cornhill, which has stood empty for four years.

Nearly three years have passed since the public voted to leave the European Union.

It was the biggest democratic exercise in our country’s history.

I came to office on a promise to deliver on that verdict.

Clearly the situation in Parliament at the moment is incredibly frustrating. There was a clear vote to leave the EU in the referendum and a clear deadline to leave the EU by the end of this month. The prospect of the Brexit deadline being extended fills me with dread.

The following speech was made by Cllr Eddy Phillips, Shadow Finance Portfolio Holder & Deputy Group Leader of IBC Conservative Group, on 27 February 2019.

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