News

Press release on the Autumn Statement.

Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget

Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

Council's Money-Saving Eco Street Light Replacement Plan Wins £5.3 million from Government

A Bedford Borough Council project to replace all street lights with low energy, low cost, high quality units by 2018 has won £5.3 million in government funding. The Council's invest-to-save project beat off competition from around the country to become one of only 28 successful bidders to the Department for Transport's Highway's Maintenance Challenge Fund, out of well over 100 applicants.

Founder & former chair of UKIP’s group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender people has called party a "cult" that is "too willing to entertain bigots"

Sandgate Art and Craft Fair Easter 2015

Don't miss the Arts and Craft Fair at the Chichester Hall in Sandgate this Saturday 28th March from 10am to 3pm.

George Smid: One Nation Tories - fences and broken message

Woolstone green sites - no plans for building

Following the circulation of an "In Touch" leaflet informing Woolstone residents of "proposals from the new Labour administration to build houses on two of Woolstone's green spaces", I asked the Labour Cabinet member the direct question as to whether this is true. The answer was "Nothing is happening with these sites".

Mayor Dave Writes: Decades-Long Wait for Bus Station Regeneration Almost Over

In his latest monthly column for the Times and Citizen, Mayor Dave Hodgson has written of how, with just days to go until the opening of the bus station on March 29th, the new facility will bring to an end a period lasting almost as long as he can remember during which Bedford Bus Station was widely recognised as a blot which let the town down. He also remarks on the construction of the final section of the Bedford Western Bypass, another common topic of conversation over the years locally which is now becoming a reality.