Earlier this year, Mayor Dave Hodgson's Executive put forward changes to the Adult Social Care Charging Policy to ensure residents receiving Universal Credit support are treated fairly. This week the Adult's Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee agreed to the new revisions, which also include an allowance given to residents for broadband costs relating to their adult social care.
The Liberal Democrat and Labour Groups have put forward a motion to Full Council to declare a cost of living crisis and to call on the government to take urgent action to help residents deal with soaring energy bills, record high taxes and rising inflation. The motion also slams the government for years of energy policy failure and a lack of a long-term solution.
Bedford Borough Council is seeking the views of providers of residential care services for people over 65 years of age, and home care services for people aged 18 years and above to support the National Fair Cost of Care exercise.
The first of Bedford Borough's High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) building works has been completed.
The Bedford Borough Community Safety Partnership wants to hear from you on their recently launched Community Safety survey.
At this week's meeting of Full Council, Mayor Dave Hodgson announced that he has signed a letter calling on the BBC to reverse their decision to merge the two branches of Look East. This comes after the BBC announced plans to end the Cambridge-based version on the regional news programme. This would move one of Bedford Borough residents' major sources of local news 100 miles away to Norwich.
