Politics

Suffolk MP Daniel Poulter has been cleared over allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards female colleagues.

Suffolk County Council has appointed a new chief executive, following a unanimous recommendation by the its Staff Appointments Committee.

People in Diss and the surrounding parishes are being urged to give their views on how the district should develop.

Norfolk County Council is facing a cash crisis and its leadership has no idea how to tackle it, its main opposition leader has claimed.

A budding politician is launching his campaign to join the UK Youth Parliament.

The minister responsible for broadband has told a meeting of Norfolk councillors work will carry on until everyone can be properly connected.

Two more councils have decided their share of the council tax bill.

Suffolk County Council hopes to be able to appoint a new chief executive by Easter – more than six month after its last one, Deborah Cadman, left to run the new West Midlands Authority.

A council tax rise of 4.99 per cent and budgets cuts of £27 million were approved by Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet yesterday.

Suffolk County Council plans to borrow £21 million to resurface and repair the county’s roads over three years.

As Diss Town councillors prepare to decide on a potential 15.3 per cent rise in their part of the council tax bill, the Diss Express has looked at other town councils – both on and off patch – to see how much their residents are paying.

Union leaders have condemned Norfolk county councillors’ refusal to overturn plans to increase their allowances by more than 10 per cent.

As I sit to write this week’s column, it seems hard to believe that Christmas is already behind us and the new year is looming on the horizon.

West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock has been appointed culture secretary in Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle.

MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dr Dan Poulter, has returned to Parliament after a period of ill health.

Norfolk County Council is to consider raising council tax by more than it originally planned, it has announced this afternoon.

Diss Town Council will meet tonight to decide whether to increase the tax bill for the town’s residents by 15.3 per cent.

It is referred to by some in Eye as ‘Padlock House’.

Diss Town Council and the Heritage Triangle Trust have both objected to a proposal to build four mixed-use retail units in the Morrisons car park.