Calls for a Suffolk council to ensure domestic abuse services are appropriately funded have been given unanimous backing.

A Suffolk MP baffled social media users after interrupting the prime minister's Brexit grilling to raise issues about Lowestoft high street shop closures.

Suffolk County Council's finance chief has vowed not to overspend on its budget next year as the authority heads towards another seven-figure hit from reserves.

Homes across Suffolk are set to see their council tax bills rise by around £65 from April, after county council budget proposals were approved.

More than £10million of cutbacks remain in Suffolk County Council's budget, it has emerged - with controversial plans to phase out Citizens Advice grants still set to go ahead.

The prime minister suffered the worst defeat in the House of Commons in more than 100 years on Tuesday as MPs categorically rejected her plan on how to take the UK out of the European Union.

MPs have rejected Theresa May's Brexit plans by an emphatic 432 votes to 202 in a historic vote which has thrown the future of her administration and the nature of the UK's EU withdrawal into doubt.

Theresa May will put her Brexit deal to the Commons on Tuesday, with defeat almost guaranteed.