Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have today written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to call for the £20 Universal Credit uplift introduced last year to be made permanent, rather than removed in April as currently scheduled.
Garden waste collections restart in Bedford Borough on Monday 1 March, following the usual pause in this service over the winter.
The latest weekly coronavirus statistics for Bedford Borough have been published. The figures show that in the seven days up to February 21st:
Bedford Borough Council tonight reaffirmed the positive case for East West Rail and the importance of local residents' views in shaping the government project, via a vote at a Full Council meeting
A New Railway from Oxford to Cambridge and Beyond
We have elections in Bedfordshire for our new Police and Crime Commissioner on 6th May, we will still be subject to a number of Coronavirus restrictions at that time and a number of local residents have decided to vote by post in these elections.
