Thousands of families across Bedford Borough, who are entitled to income related free school meals, will be given vouchers for the October half term and Christmas holidays.
Now in its eighteenth year, Recycle Week is the nation's biggest celebration of recycling. This Recycle Week, Recycle Now and Bedford Borough Council are 'getting real', about how we can all tackle recycling together.
Earlier this month Mayor Dave Hodgson wrote to the Secretary of State for Transport calling on the government to return the fines from average speed cameras to Bedford Borough Council to allow reinvestment in road safety measures. The government have refused this call and instead decided to continue to retain all the money from fines generated by average speed cameras. This means that Bedford Borough residents will not see a penny of these funds invested into new road safety measures.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bedford Borough residents who held a statutory English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) pass were able to travel on bus journeys outside the hours of operation of the scheme for a discounted fare of £1.
During Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee weekend in June 2022, a spectacular 21- metre "Tree of Trees" sculpture, which featured 350 British native trees, was created outside Buckingham Palace as the exciting centrepiece of the weekend's celebrations.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have condemned the Government for their refusal to commit to uprating benefits in line with inflation. The research shows that a staggering total of 25,698 residents in Bedford Borough could end up seeing their support cut should the Conservatives go through with their plans
