Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today approved a motion calling for further and faster tax cuts for working people by raising the point at which you start paying Income Tax beyond £10,000 to the equivalent of the salary of a full-time worker on National Minimum Wage.
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference, at the weekend, endorsed Protecting our NHS: the Shirley Williams Motion
Are you interested in growing your own vegetable patch? Or would you like to find out how to improve your garden? Then why not come along to one of the completely free workshops being held this month.
Tim Hill has been hard at work with Council Officers, to resolve the travellers' illegal encampments on the Marsh Leys lay-by and the Brickmakers Arms land.
We are all rightly proud of the beautiful River Great Ouse in Bedford, but there is one way in particular in which we can make even more of it for the benefit of local residents and visitors. I'm referring to increasing opportunities for more people to actually get on the river themselves and enjoy it for sports and leisure activities. Last year, the Council joined up with the Environment Agency to publish a 'Waterspace Strategy' for Bedford, which focused on how we could really make the most of our fantastic river for the community as a whole. In addition to seeking to introduce more opportunities for leisure boating such as punting or rowing boats, it also looked at improving sporting access to the river, and with that in mind I was delighted to attend the opening of the new Duckmill Weir Canoe Pass and Slalom facility last weekend.
