IPSWICH MP Ben Gummer is preparing to take to the saddle in a fund-raising effort for the East Anglian Children’s Hospice’s Treehouse appeal.

Over the next few weekends Mr Gummer is planning to cycle along every street in his constituency collecting money in panniers for the appeal.

Today he was showing off his lycra-look before taking to the road.

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