Bedford’s mayoral candidates plan to tackle institutional racism

Bedford’s mayoral candidates all said they accepted that institutional racism is an issue, and they set out their plans to address it. Bedford’s African and Caribbean communities were given the opportunity…
Calls for “destructive and unnecessary” local plan to be paused after national planning policy change

Bedford’s Local Plan 2040 has become the subject of controversy with less than a week until local elections, with Conservative Councillors calling on Bedford Borough’s elected mayor…
Monthly column: Police funding formula is stuck in the past
As I reach the end of my second year in office as your Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), one thing has become quite apparent to me aside from the heroism of our police officers, and that is, the…