Liberal Democrat Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced the introduction of 300 electric vehicle charging points, on 150 posts, across Bedford Town Centre for electric cars over the next 3 years, a massive increase on the existing number.
Responding to the National Audit Office's (NAO) latest report on Universal Credit, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat DWP Spokesperson Dean Crofts said:
Bedford Borough Health spokesperson Councillor Wendy Rider has branded the Tory Government's NHS spending plans as an "inadequate sticking plaster".
An extra £2 million will be spent on road and pavement improvement work across Bedford Borough in the current year, after a further funding boost was agreed by Mayor Dave Hodgson's Cabinet this week.
Commenting following news of the resignation today of Charles Horton as Chief Executive of Govia Thameslink Railway, Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that it's right that senior figures should take responsibility, and called on the Government to do so over its failures too.
Putnoe Councillors Michael Headley and Rosemary Bootiman the Liberal Democrat Focus Team are pleased that the footpath outside Putnoe Library has now been fixed.