
Questions for Hospital & Police Bosses
Last night, Lib Dem Group Leader Michael Headley questioned both the Bedfordshire Police Chief Constable and Bedford Hospital Chief Executive at a council meeting.
Last night, Lib Dem Group Leader Michael Headley questioned both the Bedfordshire Police Chief Constable and Bedford Hospital Chief Executive at a council meeting.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats are demanding that real powers are put in the hands of local communities under a new Bedford Borough Unitary Authority. The Lib Dems are calling for a radical overhaul of democracy in the Borough to ensure that local residents have genuine power over local matters.
British Telecom have announced plans to remove 28 public payphones from a variety of both urban and rural locations across Bedford Borough. Liberal Democrats have called for BT to justify the removals by providing individual usage figures for the payphones and stating the criteria they have used to identify call boxes for removal.
Following the decision of the Conservative Portfolio Holder for Finance to spend an additional £20,000 on legal books from the Council's general contingency fund on top of the allocated budget, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have attacked the lack of an explanation as to why the funds were required.
Fewer than one in ten adults are now smoking in Bedford Borough according to latest figures collated as part of the Annual Population Survey.
On #ThankYouDay I would like to thank everyone who has helped combat Coronavirus locally from our health professionals to volunteers to everyone who has followed the hands, face, space, fresh air advice and worked to keep others safe.