We did not see any rioting in Bury St Edmunds, I am pleased to say. But watching the carnage and criminality on their TV screens, Suffolk people have been asking one question. Where were the police when it all started?
David Ruffley is a member of the Treasury Committee that has released a report into the Administration and Effectiveness of HMRC that found there is considerable dissatisfaction among the public and tax professionals with the service provided by the Department.
The Government this month has given us some new information about the 'Big Society Bank' which could help support the growth of voluntary and charity organisations in Suffolk.
"New unemployment figures for July 2011 are yet again a mixed bag.", says David Ruffley MP.
David Ruffley MP welcomes the creation of two New Enterprise Zones in East Anglia that will help drive economic recovery in the area. Earlier in the summer, David Ruffley wrote to the Chief Executives of both the bidding Local Enterprise Partnerships to issue his strong support for both proposals.
Do you think that there is a "war on the motorist"? That speed cameras and fines are doing no real good, and all the money raised is going down one big black hole?
David Ruffley said: "New figures reveal the 'war on motorists' has bagged nearly 1 billion pounds for the Treasury since 1997."
In the Daily Telegraph on 12/08/11 David Ruffley MP discusses the future of policing in the UK after the riots which happened across the UK this week.
Stephen Hawking says he wants to discover a unified theory to explain the universe. Eric Pickles, the Local Government Cabinet Minister, this week said he wanted to do something equally difficult. Simplify Planning.
David Ruffley writes three steps that will reform the police.