The Liberal Democrats have announced they would plug funding gaps for the NHS and social care by putting a penny on income tax, in their first major manifesto commitment of the election campaign.
Henry Vann and the local Lib Dems have been fighting to protect key services at Bedford Hospital. The Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) is just the latest in a series of reviews of healthcare in the area over the last few years, which have placed constant uncertainty over the future of key local services and cost the taxpayers millions of pounds.
The first completions have taken place at Riverside North, the exciting new development which is bringing town centre cinema back to Bedford alongside new riverside restaurants, public space, a hotel and more.
The first completions have taken place at Riverside North, the exciting new development which is bringing town centre cinema back to Bedford alongside new riverside restaurants, public space, a hotel and more.
Local councillor, Henry Vann has been picked to stand for election as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the general election. Henry lives in De Parys, Bedford, where he was born and brought up and has been a local councillor for six years. He is currently the Council's Cabinet Member for Education, and is leading the transformation to a primary/secondary schools system and the scrapping of temporary classrooms in Bedford and Kempston.
