Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
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
Coalition Boost to Local Roads - A5-M1 Link now Halfway to Completion
Plans to build a link between the A5 and the M1 under the Coalition Government's "Roads for Prosperity" Programme when Liberal Democrat Norman Baker was the Under Secretary of State for Transport kicked off with a Public Enquiry in February 2012 and, after a delay caused by a budget review, work started in March 2015.
30 Aug 2016
Coalition Boost to Local Roads - A5-M1 Link now Halfway to Completion
Plans to build a link between the A5 and the M1 under the Coalition Government's "Roads for Prosperity" Programme when Liberal Democrat Norman Baker was the Under Secretary of State for Transport kicked off with a Public Enquiry in February 2012 and, after a delay caused by a budget review, work started in March 2015.
30 Aug 2016
Mayor Dave - Healthcare Review Plans Must be Scrapped, not 'Built Upon', for Sake of Bedford Hospital
Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that the flawed work of the Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Healthcare Review, which culminated in proposals to close maternity services at Bedford Hospital, must be scrapped altogether and not continued within the successor STP (Sustainability and Transformation Plan) process.
30 Aug 2016
Mayor Congratulates Students Following GCSE Results Day
Mayor Dave Hodgson has congratulated Bedford Borough students who received their GCSE results on Thursday.
29 Aug 2016
Political scorecard August 2016: Greens and Ukip lose votes and struggle to find candidates
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MP
29 Aug 2016
An election or not?
Right now it feels a little like an electoral phoney war. Rumours of a possible snap general election prompted the party, rightly, to do urgent selections of prospective parliamentary candidates over the summer. Will the election happen? Could a possible false alarm be helpful? One answer is to wait and see: a general election in October would point to a different strategy from one early in 2017, and we don't have resources to invest a lot in an election that doesn't happen.
MA
29 Aug 2016