Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
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13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
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
BBC Songs of Praise at Holy Trinity Church
As expected, BBC Songs of Praise is nothing like you expect it to be when you see it on TV. The conductor, the producer, the floor manager and the director got us to sing with a smile and encouraged us to be animated as we sang. Cameras weaved in and out and took on a personality of their own. 'Jimmy' was the long armed camera, whose very mobile lens reminded me of a 'triffid', picked out likely candidates for a close up shot.
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1 Oct 2010
61 years later...
On Wednesday the Chinese Embassy hosted a celebration for the 61st Anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China. It brought together many of those who have worked with the Embassy as well as diplomats as diverse as Denmark and Sweden to Algeria and U.A.E.
30 Sep 2010
£1 million Roads and Pavements Boost - The Fightback Against Years of Crumbling Roads Continues
I am very pleased to have announced an additional £1 million of funding in the current financial year for road and footpath repairs. Sadly, the former Conservative County Council left an appalling legacy of crumbling, unsafe roads, and a vast backlog of necessary works. It was clear to me that this had to be a priority for the new Council, and Liberal Democrat colleagues and I were successful in ensuring that an extra £2 million was invested in the roads last year over and above the funding level of the old County Council after we forced another £1 million into the budget. The new funding boost means an extra £2million again this year. This means more roads being resurfaced and repaired right across the Borough.
30 Sep 2010
Borough's Roads Set for Record Investment as Mayor Dave Hodgson Announces £1 Million Injection
Liberal Democrat Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced a £1 million boost for local road and pavement repairs and resurfacing. The cash injection continues the fight back against years of chronic underinvestment by the former Conservative County Council which left streets in Bedford Borough crumbling and unsafe. Thanks to Dave Hodgson and the Liberal Democrats, if the extra funding is approved by the Full Council an additional £4 million will have been invested within two years in the Borough's roads and pavements over and above the level of funding under the old Tory County Council.
30 Sep 2010
Local News In Brief
Snippets of news from around Bedford Borough on what your Lib Dem Councillors and Campaigners have been up to recently:
30 Sep 2010
LIB DEMS OFFER PAY-BY-PHONE PARKING
Motorists in Bedford Borough will no longer need to make sure they have the right cash to pay for a parking ticket from 1st November. Instead, all they will need is a mobile phone!
30 Sep 2010
