We are publishing the first in a series of papers on the new deep and special partnership the UK wants to build with the EU.

With a County Council By-Election in St John’s Division in Ipswich, we have selected 18-year old James Harding as our candidate.

Ipswich Labour have increased the council’s borrowing limit to £350 million, at a potential future annual interest cost of £10 million per year.

Since 2010 unemployment has fallen by 3.5% and is now at its lowest level since 1975.

Over five million people have student debt. Jeremy Corbyn told each of those people he would get rid of it. That was a deception, calculated to win people’s votes and trust - a promise thrown out as soon as the ballot boxes were opened. Everyone should remember that next time Corbyn tries to claim he represents ‘straight-talking honest politics’.

Councillor Ian Fisher has taken over from Councillor Nadia Cenci as Leader of the Conservative Group at Ipswich Borough Council.

The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has announced an extra £1.3 billion boost to core schools funding.

More good news for for the country and Ipswich was announced today with a continuing fall in unemployment and more people working.

Our young people deserve the best possible start in life. That’s why we are investing £65 million in technical education -  £15 million to ensure we have the colleges and teachers needed to deliver the new T-Levels, and £50 million from April 2018 to fund high quality work placements.

This Conservative Government is taking the big decisions on Britain’s transport future. We are investing £6.1 billion in road improvements, which will better link people with their jobs, friends and family.