
99% of Bedford Borough Pupils Get The School of Their Choice
Bedford Borough Council has made sure that over 99% of parents have secured a place for their child at a school of their choice.
Bedford Borough Council has made sure that over 99% of parents have secured a place for their child at a school of their choice.
Following a long campaign by local Liberal Democrat Cllr Tim Hill and Stewartby Parish Council, Bedford Borough Council has approved the name change of Elstow Ward to Elstow and Stewartby Ward.
Families in Bedford Borough are to get greater financial support for childcare thanks to a major new initiative; from Autumn 2015 the government will meet 20% of childcare costs for working families.
In my latest monthly column for the Times and Citizen newspaper, I took the opportunity to say a big 'well done' to our local schools for the truly remarkable run of Ofsted school inspection outcomes they have achieved in this academic year.
Just in time for its 3rd birthday, the pioneering Mayors Climate Change Fund has won the Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Group an award for the Liberal Democrat 'Green Council Group of the Year'.