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Our news

Warm, safe homes for council tenants given £2.9m boost

Work to make council homes warmer and bring down energy bills for tenants across Babergh and Mid Suffolk have received a £2.9m boost in government funding.

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Locations in Needham Market, Stowmarket, Hadleigh and Sudbury join Plug In Suffolk Car Club

Ten locations across Suffolk will be fitted with electric cars that can be booked out by drivers in the community by the minute, hour or day

Cllr Andrew Stringer and Cllr Sallie Davies

Councils working with communities in response to Government’s huge housebuilding hike

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils have discussed the challenges of meeting the Government’s huge rise in housebuilding requirements with community leaders.

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