Rated as a top-ranking '4 Star' council by the Audit Commission - consistently one of the best run County Councils in the country.
Made Suffolk the most cost-efficient County Council in England - £60 million saved by cutting bureaucracy - averaging £200 per houshold.
Increased the Adult Social Care budget - now spending £20 million a year more than in 2005
Opened 35 children's centres and 4 new schools - played a major role in making Suffolk's new university a reality.
Maintained spending on repairing roads and pavements - completed the Lowestoft southern relief road and now started one at Stowmarket.
Tackled anti-social behavior - worked with the Police and other partners to make Suffolk once of the safest places to live and work.
Majority of residents now believe Suffolk County Council provides value for money
Conservative County Councillor Graham Newman has joined the fight to keep vital heart and pancreatic cancer services at Ipswich Hospital.
Following reports that the regional Strategic Health Authority was planning to take away the hospital?s capacity to treat all but the most minor heart attacks, Councillor Newman has written to the Director of Commissioning at the Health Authority expressing his ?deep unease? at the proposals. [...]
Suffolk Conservatives have launched their manifesto for the County Council elections on 4th June, proclaiming - a record of action and a promise of more.
The document - Taking Suffolk Forward - outlines the Conservative's far-reaching plans for Suffolk, to build on the achievements of their first four years. [...]
This new increase in council tax is less than half the increase in pensions, due in April 2009 (5%), and below the most recent rate of inflation (3.1% using the government?s preferred CPI). It compares with an estimated national average increase of 3.5%. [...]
Suffolk County Council yesterday (10 March) took the timely step of placing a price freeze on non-residential care charges across Suffolk. The announcement, made by Cllr Graham Newman at the meeting of the County Council's Cabinet, is set to benefit the most vulnerable local residents. [...]
Good news for local people today as the key government watchdog, The Audit Commission, awarded Suffolk County Council the top score of 4 stars for the fourth year running confirming that the Council continues to provide top rated local services at excellent value for money. [...]
In March 2009 Suffolk County Council reported on the first year of its Environment Action Plan aimed at making Suffolk the greenest county. Highlights in the report included the completion of OrbisEnergy, the continued installation of woodchip boilers in our buildings,
securing substantial funding for our initiatives, 153 schools registered with the the Eco-Schools Programme and the first year of the council's green heroes scheme [...]
Jeremy Pembroke has welcomed the new Repossession Advice Pack issued today by the Conservative Party, calling it ?Simple, practical help for homeowners hit by the recession?. On the day it was announced that the number of homes being repossessed last year had increased by 54% on 2007, the Conservatives have issued a practical advice pack for anyone concerned about losing their home during the recession. [...]
In the County Council elections held on 4th June 2009, Suffolk Conservatives won 55 of the 75 council seats – securing an
overwhelming majority on the County Council, and a second four-year term. Council leader Jeremy Pembroke expressed his delight at the result.
“This is a great result. We have made tough and difficult decisions over the last four years, but the people of Suffolk have spoken at the ballot box and shown their support. The result is a vote of confidence in what the Conservative administration has achieved over the last four years.”
He added that there was much to celebrate. However: “People across Suffolk are facing difficult and uncertain economic times. We have a duty to look after the most vulnerable in our communities, whether they be children or adults, and to guide the county through the recession, and that is what we must now concentrate on doing.“
| Conservatives | 55 |
| Liberal Democrat | 11 |
| Green | 2 |
| Independent | 2 |
| Labour & Cooperative | 2 |
| Labour | 2 |
| UK Independence Party | 1 |
The elections on 4th June will be, in many ways, the most important in Suffolk's recent history.
In 2005 we asked you to vote Conservative for a 'Better Way for Suffolk'. We knew you wanted a County Council that gave you value-for-money. Providing the top-quality services you want and need at a price we can all afford.
Over the last four years we have done just that - providing more services to more people than ever before, while, crucially, keeping council tax down.
However, the work has only just begun. We now face a very different economic climate. Having taken the difficult decisions, we have, in four years, laid the foundations for the next forty - preparing Suffolk for the difficult economic times that lie ahead.
This election is important because it will allow us to bring our long-term reforms to fruition, to deliver the results of the transformation we have undertaken; results that will help lead Suffolk out of recession.
In 2005, the new Conservative-run council saw there would be difficult times ahead. And so we started to prepare. We restructured our services - restoring strong financial management to the County Council, saving £60million by working much more efficiently. In the process, we have turned Suffolk into the most cost-efficient County Council in England . ready and equipped to deliver the services we all want during the challenging times ahead.
We will continue to seek out more effective and efficient ways of providing services. And, we will continue to keep council tax down.
We said in 2005 that protecting the most vulnerable would be paramount, indeed, it is our moral duty so to do.
Over four years, we have transformed the way we provide social care to vulnerable adults . a much more efficient, adaptable and responsive service geared to help older people get the care they need more quickly, tailored to their requirements. We are now investing an additional £5million into safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, and will always maintain our commitment to those who need us most.
Our plans for new, state-of-the-art residential homes, along with Homeshield Plus and individual budgets, will, over the next four years, take this work on to the next stage.
We also said we would give our children and young people the best services and support we can. The Children's University, together with the new Children.s Centres, will give young families vital early help. Our plans for the county.s schools, already well underway, will help bring up to £750million into Suffolk to build new secondary schools and refurbish existing ones across the county.
Over the next four years, our plans for a Suffolk Apprenticeship Scheme and new schools, together with completion of work on University Campuses in Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds to supplement the one in Ipswich, will transform the educational landscape, and give Suffolk the skills to drive the economy out of recession.
Our drive to make Suffolk the Greenest County has seen remarkable achievements in recycling, as well as many innovations. We will continue working to reduce the county.s carbon footprint, and investing in the innovations that will ensure a greener future.
Above all, we will help lead Suffolk out of recession. Working together with our Conservative-led district and borough councils, and the many other organisations across the county, we are making the investment in people, in businesses, in Suffolk.
My passion is to help people across Suffolk achieve their full potential, to give people the best start, to protect the most vulnerable and to deliver the value-for-money services that we all want and need. In the last four years we have laid the path to a better way for Suffolk.
Over the next four, it is the Conservatives who will Take Suffolk Forward.
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