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.
The much anticipated opening of The Higgins Bedford will take place on the longest day of the year, Friday 21st June, in an...
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'.
Yesterday's Budget announced that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will be raised to £10,000 in April 2014 - delivering in full the top Liberal Democrat priority one year sooner than had been expected.
Bedford Borough Council Environmental Health & Trading Standards are urging people to stay safe in their own homes by saying a firm "No" to cold calling doorstep traders.