• Mole rejects pay rises
  Labour MP for Ipswich, Chris Mole, has turned down two pay rises which he was due to be awarded. The pay rises were recommended by the independent Senior Salaries Review Board (SSRB). The SSRB had recommended that both Members of Parliament and Government Ministers get a 1.5% pay rise. Mole who would have received a 1.5% pay rise to both his MP’s salary and – due to his role as a Parliamentary Under Secretary in the Department for Transport – to his Ministerial salary, has decided to reject the SSRB’s recommended pay rise. Announcing his decision to freeze his current...
  
• Chris welcomes £600,000 to KickStart affordable housing in Ipswich
  Ipswich MP, Chris Mole, today welcomed the Government’s announcement of £600,000 of KickStart funding to get affordable home construction in Ipswich back on track following the recession. The £600,000 has been provided under the KickStart scheme, which is designed to make sure that low cost housing projects that have been held up during the recession can now resume work to boost the supply of affordable housing in towns like Ipswich. The funding is given to developers under stringent guidelines – including an expectation that they will employ local young apprentices. The funding...
  

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