15 Nov 2011
News
IT’S OFFICIAL: OUR CHILDREN’S SERVICES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE
Bedford Borough Council's Children's Services has received its annual assessment of children's services carried out by Ofsted, and the outcome is extremely positive. Ofsted has confirmed the Bedford Borough Children's Services assessment 2011 performs well and is a grade 3 on the 4 point scale. Performance in 2011 has improved from 2010 when the service was assessed as grade 2, or 'performs adequately.'
13 Nov 2011
12 Nov 2011
Bedford to Buck the Trend Again with Another Car Park Charge Freeze in 2012
I'm delighted to report that Wednesday night's Council Executive meeting saw us agree another car parking charge freeze for Bedford town centre in 2012, after we bucked past trends and the rising prices seen in other town centres by freezing the car park charges this year. The current year's car park charge freeze was the first seen in Bedford for many years, and like this new boost for our town centre was delivered despite rising inflation and an extremely tough financial situation facing the Council. Inflation is now of course at nearly 6% and the financial pressures on the Council are unprecedented, but we feel it's important to support shoppers and help boost the vitality of Bedford town centre by proposing a freeze for charges in the council's car parks and for on-street parking.
12 Nov 2011