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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.

14 Sep 2022
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Mayor Dave Hodgson talks to local residents during the 2012 Village Tour

Mayor Dave's Village Tour 2015 Kicks Off!

Mayor Dave Hodgson's Village Tour 2015 kicked off last weekend, with a series of open street surgeries in rural villages in the north of Bedford Borough. Mayor Dave has held a village tour every summer since he was elected as Mayor in October 2009, during which he holds open street surgeries in villages right across the Borough.

24 Aug 2015
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Rugby Job Centre

Five hundred and sixty people unemployed and claiming job seekers allowance in Rugby in July

The Office of National Statistics reports that there were 560 people unemployed and claiming job seekers allowance in July 2015. That is a drop of four from June 2015 and a drop of one thousand four hundred and eighty six from the last time the Labour party were in power when in April 2010 there were 2,046 people unemployed and claiming job seekers allowance in Rugby. The number of people unemployed and claiming benefits is one of two "official" measures of unemployment. The other is based on a sample of the work force - the Labour Force Survey. Both measures show that in the UK as a whole and in Rugby in particular unemployment fell significantly during the period of coalition government.

23 Aug 2015
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