Mayor Dave Says Support Your Local Market!
Mayor Dave Hodgson has issued a rallying cry in support of local markets, in the week that his Executive agreed a freeze in the cost of pitches in support of local market traders.
2 Nov 2018
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Mayor Dave: If PM's Words on Austerity Mean Anything, Government Must Halt Punishing Cuts for Local Services
Mayor Dave Hodgson has insisted that if Theresa May's claim that 'austerity is over' means anything at all, the Tory Government must use its forthcoming budget to change course dramatically over its plans to continue with massive, punishing cuts for local services.
4 Oct 2018
Mayor Dave visits Rogers Court with SMART CJS Bedford
Hard hats and high visibility vests were deployed for a special visit to Rogers Court in Bedford; a planned 20-unit facility providing housing for those at risk of rough sleeping or those finding themselves homeless. This will be opened to residents next month and be an important part of the Borough's strategy to aim to make rough sleeping a thing of the past.
12 Jul 2021
Former Pupils Roll Back the Years to Celebrate Newnham Middle School's New Building
Mayor Dave Hodgson was joined pupils from Newnham Middle School's first ever cohort to celebrate the opening of the school's new permanent classroom block, which is being delivered under the Council's £48million School Capital Investment plan,
25 Feb 2015
Hospital's Pleas for Change of Course over Downgrade Ignored
Mayor Dave Hodgson has slammed the decision by NHS Commissioners to pursue plans to downgrade Bedford or Milton Keynes Hospital despite a plea from Bedford Hospital itself to drop the proposals and take a different approach.
15 Jan 2015
Double Delight: Mayor's Welcome for Full Dualling of Bedford to Cambridge Road Link and Crucial Black Cat ‘Grade Separation’
Mayor Dave Hodgson has given an emphatic welcome to today's Government announcement of a major project to link the dualled A421 east of Bedford to the dual carriageway section of the A428 west of Cambridge, creating a continuous dualled link and, crucially, achieving the all-important 'Grade Separation' of the Black Cat Roundabout.
1 Dec 2014