Liberal Democrat Mayor Dave Hodgson has been elected as Chair of the Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterways Consortium, a new body set up to take on the leadership of the exciting Bedford to Milton Keynes Canal project. The consortium, which is comprised of the eleven key partners working together to deliver the project, was established this week and elected Dave Hodgson as Chair at its inaugural meeting.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that Bedford Borough will 'rise to the challenge' following the news that the Government's first round of spending cuts announced this week could require the Council to make around £3 million of urgent savings.
Pints in the Parishes gets underway tonight. I'll be at the Swan in Elstow from around 7.00pm. I'm looking forward to meeting people in a local, informal setting, and giving them the chance to bend my ear about what's important to them and to their local community.
The Castle Quay development is set to welcome its first restaurant, with one of the three units in this attractive area having been let. The 'Riverside Grill' will open in the summer, and I was delighted to welcome representatives there this week.
As part of the Liberal Democrats' ongoing drive to open up the Council since the election of Mayor Dave Hodgson, Bedford Borough Council this week became one of the first local authorities in the country to publish individual payments online.
Liberal Democrat Special Conference in Birmingham on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the party's Coalition Agreement with the Conservative Party.
