Politics

Off-rolling is where schools encourage parents to take their child out of school to be home educated, so they do not bring down the school’s results.

"We need to bring the country together - we need a fresh face."

More than 800 children in Suffolk are being taught at home, including eight confirmed cases in one year of schools pressuring parents to home educate.

Among the measures was a proposal to axe the existing speech and language schools in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft.

West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk and Babergh councils win £290,000 of Government funds for scheme.

Thetford hosted a very lively episode of BBC debate show, Question Time, tonight.

Councillors have called for control of Belle Vue Park to be returned to Sudbury, stating this could help it be “the jewel in the Sudbury crown” again.

Calls to set up a task force to address children’s poverty in Suffolk have been rejected, despite data showing thousands have been living in poverty.

BBC’s Question Time panel is an interesting one for tomorrow's show from Thetford.

The deputy leader of the Green Party says Suffolk has become one of the greenest counties politically in England, ahead of a meeting in Boxford.

Key education issues, such as special educational needs and catchment areas, will be put under greater scrutiny thanks to a series of new task forces.

Data published by End Child Poverty in May revealed that Suffolk had 50,000 children living in poverty.

Matt Hancock wants to be next Prime Minister

“The next Prime Minister needs to be focused on the long-term future of Britain."

Plans to redevelop Babergh District Council’s former headquarters have stalled while the terms of the application continue to be negotiated.

The cost of the mayor’s office for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority more than doubled in a year.

Residents flocked to the annual Bury St Edmunds town council meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by new vice chairman Cllr Paul Hopfensperger.

Following the furore, Jess Phillips said: "In a weird twist, I'm now promoting Bury St Edmunds which I rigorously endorse."

Suffolk’s new school travel policy was branded as “a postcode lottery”, as some pupils miss out on free travel eligibility to their preferred school.

Under the previous method, crews could only tackle larger potholes in a road so the smaller ones were ignored and dealt with at a later date.