£20 Million Construction of Two New Schools for Wixams Gets Underway
Mayor Dave Hodgson lent a hand as the first sod was cut to mark the start of work that will create two new schools at a site in Green Lane, Wixams.
14 Oct 2016
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Elstow, Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick Echo, October 2016
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10 Oct 2016
Mayor Dave: 'Scandal' of Government Underfunding of Local Health and Social Care Services
Mayor Dave Hodgson has slammed the 'scandal' of 'chronic underfunding by the Government of local health and social care services in Bedford'. The effects of this include not only the ongoing extreme pressure on Council services at a time of rising need, but also the consideration by local NHS Commissioners of drastic measures such as the deferred proposal to end all IVF treatment on the NHS in Bedfordshire.
30 Sep 2016
Making it Easy to Stay Up-to-Date: Over 14,000 Sign up to Council Email Bulletins
Over 14,000 local residents have already have signed up to Bedford Borough Council's Stay Connected email bulletins since they were introdced earlier this year.
29 Sep 2016
Mayor Dave Writes: Health and Care Integration Needed, Not Government Cuts
Sustainability for health and social care services can only be achieved by a real commitment to integration, not by the government's chronic underfunding and a crude focus on cuts and closures. That's the message of a forceful recent column by Mayor Dave Hodgson in the Times and Citizen newspaper.
27 Sep 2016
Action to Tackle Funding Crisis Caused by Government Cuts
Bedford Borough Council is taking further action to balance the books in the face of brutal government cuts in funding for local services.
22 Sep 2016