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More Action to Tackle Speeding and Make Local Roads Safer - Average Speed Cameras

As I've written here before, there is no issue raised with me more frequently by local residents than speeding on local roads. This applies in both urban and rural areas, with speeding being the number one issue raised during my summer 'Village Tours' over the past two summers. That's why we're taking real action to actually bring speed down on local roads, especially residential streets, to make them safer for pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and all road users. First, we carried out a speed limit review, which saw around thirty speed limits reduced on local roads, primarily in rural areas (see this link for more: speed limit review). Now we are introducing new average speed cameras to ensure that effective, targeted enforcement takes place to really make our streets safer for people of all ages.

22 May 2012
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Good News on Faster Broadband

The need for faster, more reliable broadband is a real problem for households and businesses in a number of our communities in Bedford Borough, particularly in many rural areas. That's why we have been working on a project to boost speeds and improve connections, and we've had some great news on this front with confirmation that we've been successful in our bid for Government funding. £440,000 from the Government body BDUK will now join match funding provided locally to help deliver the project. We submitted a bid jointly with Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Council, and have been gathering support for the plan and building the evidence of the significant demand in the Borough for better broadband.

23 May 2012
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Fighting for Fairness Alongside GCSE Students in the High Court

You may have seen some of the coverage in the national press about the GCSE English grading fiasco overseen by national regulator Ofqual and exam boards AQA and Edexcel. Thousands of students suffered at the hands of a drastic shifting of the grade boundaries for GCSE English between papers sat in January and then in the summer, in spite of the fact that there was no corresponding increase in the standard of the papers sat.

21 Dec 2012
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Stay Safe in the Freezing Weather

It's seems like no time at all since I was writing here about the problems facing residents in some parts of the Borough due to torrential rain and flooding. Now here we are with plunging temperatures and icy roads, bringing its own range of hazards and dangers.

15 Jan 2013
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Budget Proposals: Average Council Tax Frozen, Front line Services Saved and Investment in Borough’s Future

Last week's meeting of the Council Executive saw us approve the proposed budget for 2013/14, with the proposals underpinned by the three priorities of protecting front line services, keeping local tax bills down and investing in the Borough's future. That's why, subject to the approval of the Full Council, we will deliver a third straight average council tax freeze, major investment in schools and infrastructure and the protection of services being lost so commonly elsewhere such as weekly bin collections, libraries and rural bus services.

31 Jan 2013
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