Lib Dems on Bedford Borough Council are calling for urgent action to save the Borough's green waste recycling scheme. Funding for the scheme is set to end once the initial trial period finishes early in the Autumn. Despite Lib Dem proposals for a last minute rescue package, which would see the trial scheme extended for another twelve months, the council has failed to agree to any plans for further funding.
Bedford Tory Agent Stewart Lister has defected to run Frank Branstons campaign in the forthcoming Mayoral campaign.
Bedford needs to see more recycling and waste reduction - that's the view of local Lib Dems. Recent moves by the council to cut key trials of a scheme to encourage recycling of green waste have therefore been met with dismay.
100 days have passed since the Tories became the largest group on the borough council taking 24 out of the 54 borough council seats. Lib Dem councillor Christine McHugh is asking "They promised action and all we've had is dither - why?"
Lib Dems on Bedford Borough Council are backing the Bedford Association of Senior Citizens in pointing out that the local bus network needs a radical overhaul to provide more buses on more routes to benefit the people of Bedford.
Developers have recently submitted an application to build over 1,000 homes on the former RAF Cardington site in Shortstown. Plans include a community centre, school, supermarket and pub.
