Mayor Dave Hodgson has joined with other Council Leaders from across the country to write to the government calling for the £20 increase in Universal Credit to be made permanent.
With a yellow warning for snow in place, and below freezing temperatures expected for much of this week, Public Health England has issued a cold weather alert until Friday with severe wintry conditions and very cold weather expected to continue.
The Harpur Trust has launched the second phase of COVID-19 funding.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have welcome the news today from the Home Office that the Government has dropped its plans for unsuitable and inhumane temporary additional accommodation for asylum seekers at Yarl's Wood.
Bedford Borough Council has received £1,867,500 from the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) to deliver a green energy park at a former landfill site in Elstow.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has received a message from the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) that we have a good supply of vaccines this week.