Residents in north-west Bedfordshire villages have lost their only evening bus services after the county Council's decision to scrap the HomeHoppa service. The complete withdrawal of the HomeHoppa, which serves 19 villages in the evenings from Monday to Saturday, will leave most rural communities in North Beds with no means of travelling to or from Bedford via public transport after 5.55pm.
Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor Charles Royden has reported electricity company EDF to Energywatch for failing to provide a satisfactory service to residents in Brickhill.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have accused Bedford and Kempston Labour MP Patrick Hall of failing to support local services after he voted to support the Government's massive post office closure programme.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have slammed the Conservatives' public in-fighting over the important issue of new unitary councils for Bedfordshire. This follows a letter in the local press from Tory Shadow Local Government Minister Bob Neill which contradicts both the squabbling Bedford Borough and Bedfordshire County Council Tory Groups by claiming re-organisation is 'unnecessary.'
Bedford Borough council should act to save local post offices from closure, say Liberal Democrats. Bedford Borough Lib Dems have demanded that the Mayor and his Cabinet do more than simply oppose closures and take real action to save vital branches ahead of the announcement in July of the list of local post offices in the set to be shut. The calls follow news of a range of plans by other local authorities to save threatened branches from the government's programme of 2,500 post office closures, including taking over the running of post offices.
Older roads in Bedford Borough are not being repaired because the works are too expensive, despite an urgent need for maintenance work and resurfacing.
