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Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that the Bedford Borough Council aims to 'cater for everyone' as it expands the range of online options for accessing services and contacting the Council.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that the Bedford Borough Council aims to 'cater for everyone' as it expands the range of online options for accessing services and contacting the Council.
This week, posters will be going up across the borough to raise awareness with the public about services and support for rough sleepers. Alongside this, the Bedford Homeless Partnership has established an alternative giving fund, which will be known as "Real Change".
Watch Mayor Dave Hodgson talk about the range of benefits which the High Street regeneration project under Transporting Bedford 2020 will bring.
This weekend Christmas arrives in Bedford.
At a packed campaign launch with local party members on Tuesday evening North Bedfordshire Liberal Democrats enthusiastically endorsed their national manifesto. Daniel Norton and Henry Vann, Parliamentary Candidates for North East Bedfordshire and Bedford and Kempston respectively, spoke to a crowded meeting discussing plans to Stop Brexit and deliver a brighter future for Bedfordshire. Henry Vann, Parliamentary Candidate for Bedford and Kempston, said: "We will Stop Brexit, tackle climate change and invest in our local NHS with a penny on income tax. On the most important question of the day, Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party don't know where they stand and the Conservatives and Brexit Party are stuck with a hard Brexit no-one voted for." "That is why we are welcoming so many new members and supporters from the old Labour and Conservative parties of Corbyn and Johnson. In Bedford and Kempston, the Conservatives lost all their seats in May and the Liberal Democrats are in with a real chance here." Daniel N
Responding to the news about the Court of Appeal's rejection of Bedfordshire Against Covanta Incinerator's (BACI) challenge over the Environmental Permit for the Covanta Incinerator at Rookery Pit near Stewartby, Liberal Democrat Councillor for Elstow, Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick Tim Hill said: