Budget Proposals - Cutting Tax and Protecting Frontline Services
Last night the Council's Executive agreed our proposed budget. We've identified over £15 million of savings, focusing on waste...
20 Jan 2011
News
Lib Dems tackle spate of fly-tipping across the Borough
Bedford Borough Council is asking local residents to be vigilant after a sudden increase in the number of fly-tipped tyres in recent weeks.
18 Jan 2011
Loads of Rubbish? Not Here, Thanks to Frontline Staff
The last few weeks have seen Councils taking a kicking in the national media over the issue of waste collection, with pictures...
14 Jan 2011
New Year's Free Parking Boost for Sales Shoppers and Town Centre Traders
The prolonged period of snow and freezing temperatures was damaging to local businesses in range of ways, with town centre retailers hit, for example, by reduced numbers of people being able to get into town. To support traders and give local shoppers a boost, we offered free parking on Boxing Day in all town centre multi-storey car parks, with the offer to be repeated on New Year's Day.
31 Dec 2010
Keeping the Borough Moving During the 'Big Freeze'
The inability to update this website during and after the weekend of the 18th and 19th December meant I wasn't able to comment...
30 Dec 2010
A (Belated) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
You may have noticed this website has been a bit quiet in the last 10 days or so. Apologies for that - following the update of the site during the weekend before last, it was not possible to update it for a while. It's all up, running and fully functional now, allowing me a belated chance to offer everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
29 Dec 2010