Mayor Dave Hodgson has reversed Council proposals, submitted back in 2008, for housing and commercial developments on a range of green spaces across Bedford Borough. The move means that important green spaces including the Bedford Athletic Rugby Ground on Wentworth Drive, Mile Road Allotments, Berry Farm in Wootton and Jackman's Farm in Brickhill have been saved from development.
Henry Vann, Bedford and Kempston's Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner, has highlighted his pledge to continue to commute daily if elected as MP for Bedford and Kempston on May 6th.
The new tax year began this week, freezing the tax bands, creating a real terms tax increase in tax for millions of people.
Henry Vann, Bedford and Kempston Parliamentary Candidate for the Liberal Democrats has criticised the budget for failing to take the poorest people out of income tax. He said:
Figures uncovered by Henry Vann show that there are eight Jobseekers Allowance claimants for every vacancy advertised in the jobcentre in Bedford and Kempston.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats are demanding that Conservative Central Bedfordshire Council pays its debts to the people of Bedford Borough after it was revealed that it owes Bedford Borough Council over £8 million. It was further revealed that over £4 million of the debt is now shockingly over three months overdue.