News - Bedford Liberal Democrats

Independent Watchdog Slams Bedford Borough Election Counting

An independent watchdog has slammed the marathon counting process which saw the recent Mayoral and Borough elections in Bedford descend into a fiasco. In its report on electronic voting and electronic counting processes used in May's local elections in England and Scotland the Open Rights Group, a nationwide Non-Governmental Organisation which works to protect civil liberties and prevent data fraud, concludes that it 'cannot express confidence in the results of the electronic counting pilots it observed' and lists a catalogue of concerns with the Bedford Borough count in particular.

6 Jul 2007

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Tories and Labour Leave an Open Door for Fortnightly Collections

The Labour and Conservative Groups on Bedford Borough Council last night voted to look into introducing fortnightly rubbish collections, and failed to back the Lib Dems' call to reject fortnightly waste collections and instead focus on the promotion and extension of the existing 'orange bag' recycling scheme. Both the Tories and Labour supported an amendment to investigate the option of introducing fortnightly collections, and refused to join the Lib Dems in opposing the County Council's attempts to roll out fortnightly collections across the county.

29 Jun 2007

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Lib Dems Call for St George's Day Bank Holiday

Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats are calling on the government to make St George's Day a Bank Holiday in England. After a Liberal Democrat amendment was successful at a meeting of Bedford Borough Council last night, the Council will write to the government supporting the creation of the new bank holiday.

28 Jun 2007

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Strong, Independent Liberal Democrats

Ming Campbell commenting on recent events said: "You may have read in the newspapers about how Gordon Brown spoke to me earlier this week about offering ministerial jobs to Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords."

22 Jun 2007

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Campaign to Keep Our Weekly Collections

Bedford Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign to save weekly rubbish collections in Bedford Borough. This comes in the face of the County Council's push to see a common system of fortnightly collections introduced across the whole of Bedfordshire.

21 Jun 2007

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Bedford Middle School Campaign Success

Abbey and Woodside Middle schools have been assured by the County Council that "no further action" will now be taken over the issue of surplus places. In both cases the Council has agreed that the schools are expected to grow over the coming years.

19 Jun 2007

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Independent Watchdog Slams Bedford Borough Election Counting

Tories and Labour Leave an Open Door for Fortnightly Collections

Lib Dems Call for St George's Day Bank Holiday

Strong, Independent Liberal Democrats

Campaign to Keep Our Weekly Collections

Bedford Middle School Campaign Success

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