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.

Mayor Condemns Government as Autumn Statement Neglects Social Care Funding Crisis

Funding Shock as Government CUTS a Further £700,000 from Bedford Borough, Despite National Care Crisis

Emphatic Cross-Party Vote Approves Budget Which Puts the Vulnerable First in Tough Times

The Budget proposed by Mayor Dave Hodgson and his Cabinet was passed with overwhelming cross-party support, with 39 votes for and just 1 against.

Mayor Dave Writes: Cross-Party Support for Council Budget as Funding Crisis Continues

In his latest monthly column for the Bedford Bulletin, Mayor Dave Hodgson has laid out the dire funding situation in which the 2017/18 Council budget was delivered, and of the importance of the all-party support it received last month.

Mayor Dave Writes: String of Investment Successes for Bedford Town Centre

In his latest monthly column for the Bedford Bulletin publication, Mayor Dave Hodgson has written of a string of major investment successes for Bedford Town Centre, in defiance of a wider crisis for UK high streets.