Changing things for the better Friday, 5 April, 2024 If you believe that outcomes are independent of your actions, you’ll stop trying to overcome challenges – nothing you do matters and it’s always someone else’s fault. In a nutshell, that has been modus operandi for Bedford Borough Council in the last decade and that’s what we inherited when we took office in May last year. A Council that had been neutered, unwilling to tackle challenges head-on... Local News
Bedford Borough Council 'Understating' Effect of Roadworks on Congestion 11th June 2019 Cllr Roger Rigby has accused Bedford Borough Council of failing to acknowledge the traffic chaos as a result of concurrent roadworks across Bedford and Kempston... Local News
Cllr Graeme Coombes Elected New Conservative Group Leader 19th May 2019 Cllr Stephen Moon has announced that he has stood down as Leader of Bedford Borough Council’s Conservative Group. He will be replaced by Cllr Graeme Coombes. Local News
Pre-Election Purdah Period 25th March 2019 This website will not be updated during the pre-election 'purdah' period. For more information see www.local.gov.uk/our-support/purdah Local News
Cllr Gianni Carofano: Support Needed for Bedford Town Centre 8th February 2019 Cllr Gianni Carofano has argued that Bedford Borough Council must do more to support the town centre following the news that Marks and Spencer is to close its... Local News
Radical Free Parking Plan to Boost Bedford 7th February 2019 Bedford town centre would be given a ‘huge boost’ under plans from the Council’s Conservatives to provide 2 hours free parking every day. Local News
Councillors’ Pay Rise Proposal ‘Unacceptable’ 5th February 2019 A proposed increase in special allowances paid to Bedford Borough Councillors should be rejected, according to the Council’s Conservative Group. Local News
‘Vision’ Required to Revitalise Bedford 31st January 2019 Bedford town centre urgently requires a ‘vision for regeneration’ following a 4.82% reduction in footfall last year. Local News
Bedford Mayor’s Airlander Tax Break Slammed 17th January 2019 A decision by Bedford’s Mayor to award tax relief to a business which paid its directors and management over £1.2m in 2017 has been called ‘bizarre’. Local News
Bedford Mayor’s ‘Vision-Free’ Housing Plan Slammed 7th December 2018 Mayor Dave Hodgson’s Local Plan has postponed vital strategic decisions on housing and employment growth that will ‘adversely affect Bedford’s future prosperity... Local News
Our plan to cut immigration 4th December 2023 Our plan to deliver the biggest cut in net migration on record. National News
What the Autumn Statement means for you 22nd November 2023 What the Autumn Statement means for you… National News
We’re delivering on our five priorities 20th November 2023 INFLATION HALVED: PRIORITY DELIVERED. And we've cut the small boat crossings by 33%. National News
Rishi Sunak: One year of taking long-term decisions to deliver the change we need 25th October 2023 Find out about Rishi's first year delivering long-term solutions to secure a brighter future. National News
CPC23 Address from Rishi Sunak 4th October 2023 Long-term decisions for a brighter future: find out what Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said to wrap up Conservative Party Conference 2023 here. National News
CPC23 Address from Johnny Mercer 4th October 2023 Find out what Johnny Mercer, Minister of State and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs said to CPC23 here. National News