Following pressure from Liberal Democrats and outraged bus users Stagecoach has reversed its policy which saw pensioners looking after young children charged for toddlers' journeys while under-fives accompanied by other bus users travelled free.
Putnoe Liberal Democrats' campaign for a lorry ban for Wentworth Drive has continued with a demand for a weight limit to stop the flow of 100 Heavy Goods Vehicles along the road every day. The County Council recently agreed to impose a weight limit to stop HGVs using Putnoe Lane, but have refused to introduce the same measure to stop the high volume of lorries travelling along Wentworth Drive.
Liberal Democrat Councillors have made an urgent appeal to MFI's administrators to put physical protection in place at the site of the recently-closed furniture store on Norse Road in Goldington, warning that it is vulnerable to unauthorised traveller encampments.
Bedfordshire County Council's decision to award a four-year contract for household recycling to be sorted in Milton Keynes instead Elstow has raised many more questions than it answers say Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats. The decision, which has been approved by the new unitary authorities set to assume the County Council's functions from 1st April 2009, was made without any public debate or scrutiny and the Lib Dems are demanding answers to a series of important questions.
Local bus users are up in arms over rules introduced by Stagecoach which see pensioners looking after young children charged for toddlers' journeys, while under-fives accompanied by other bus users travel free.
Henry Vann, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner for Bedford and Kempston, has called on the government to scrap its ID Card scheme following a Home Office survey showing support for the scheme drifting away.