Bedford
Liberal Democrats
Parliamentary Candidates

Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats

Working Hard all Year round

Sign up
for email updates

You can opt-out at any time
The Liberal Democrats may use the information you provide, including your political opinions, to further our objectives and share it with our elected representatives. Any data we gather will be used in accordance with our privacy policy: libdems.org.uk/privacy. You can exercise your rights and withdraw your consent to future communications by contacting us: data.protection@libdems.org.uk or: DPO, Lib Dems, 66 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AU.

Donate
to fuel our campaigns

Help us Win
Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

News from the Liberal Democrats

Dave Hodgson with Town Bridge behind

Pints in the Parishes is Coming Back - Would Your Local Like to Host One?

Throughout my first, short term as Mayor until the elections in May this year I got out and about around the Borough as much as possible in order to be as accessible as possible to local residents in all our communities, and I intend to carry on in this manner over the next four years. As part of these efforts to be open and accessible I embarked on a series of 'Pints in the Parishes' events to enable direct, ongoing contact with the Borough's rural residents in an informal setting, and I am now relaunching this initiative. Next week I will be writing to each of the Borough's Parish Councils asking them if they would like to nominate a local pub in their area which would be happy host the event in their parish. However, if you like the sound of a Pints in the Parishes evening and know of a local rural pub which would be happy to host one, you don't have to leave it to your local parish council. Please let me know! As before, I will be drawing the names out of a hat to determine the order in which the visits t

30 Jun 2011
View
Dave Hodgson at St Cuthbert's Hall with Castle Community Society Chair Rob Price and Ward Cllr Caroline Fensome

St Cuthbert's Hall

I recently visited St Cuthbert's Hall in Castle, which has been taken on by a volunteer group set up with the purpose of securing it as a community facility after it was made available for rent. The hall is located on the one-way gyratory around St Cuthbert's Church at the junction of Newnham Street/St Cuthbert's Street/Mill Street. Castle Community Society beat off commercial competition to obtain the lease after a remarkable fundraising effort, which took place against the clock. Rob Price and John Lucas, who showed me round the hall, are local residents who formed the society and drummed up a vast amount of support in a matter of days. As they showed me round they discussed their vision for the hall and the potential they see in it as a sustainable, ongoing community facility run by local people. They recognise the huge challenge they face, but the impressive start to life of the Castle Community Society and the local support which has rallied round are certainly very hopeful beginnings. They are looking f

13 Jul 2011
View
Dave Hodgson opens the new 'Changing Places' Disabled toilet facility at River Street Car Park in Bedford

The New 'Changing Place' in the Town Centre - a Facility to be Proud of

I recently attended a small ceremony to mark the opening of a new 'changing place' disabled toilet at River Street Car Park. You might wonder why a ceremony was held to mark the opening of a toilet, but the opening of this facility really is something worthy of celebration. It's the first facility of its kind in the Borough, and it will make a real difference for local residents and visitors with physical disabilities which make using standard accessible toilets difficult or, very often, impossible.

22 Jul 2011
View
Mayor Dave Hodgson marks the launch of new bus services in both rural and urban Bedford Borough with Godfrey Willis of BABUS, Andy Campbell of Stagecoach and Grant Palmer

New Bus Services - Bucking the Trend and Supporting Services Across Urban and Rural Bedford Borough

Details of new bus services in both urban and rural parts of the Borough have been announced, and they confirm that we are bucking the trend and protecting and even improving services here at a time when they are being slashed elsewhere. Of course, as with any changes to bus routes, it is not uniformly good news, but overall across both urban and rural parts of the Borough access to decent bus services is being maintained and even improved. The headlines from the changes to both the Stagecoach commercial routes and the new Bedford Borough Council-tendered rural services run by Grant Palmer include the long hoped-for extension of services in Bedford and Kempston until up to 11pm, free rural weekend travel for under 16's and new paperless smartcard ticketing in the urban area. We are also continuing the vastly improved new Sunday services we introduced in Bedford recently, with routes which mirror those run commercially by Stagecoach over the rest of the week.

24 Jul 2011
View

This website uses cookies

Please select the types of cookies you want to allow.