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Plans for new Wixams care home refused over parking and traffic concerns

Plans for a 65-bed care home in Wixams have been refused over concerns about insufficient parking and traffic. Despite planning officers recommending the committee to grant full planning...

Bedford Borough Council to address concerns over high level of upheld complaints

Bedford Borough Council is addressing concerns over how it handles complaints after a report from the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman (LGSO) revealed a high rate of upheld complaints...

Telecare service costs to remain despite local Lib Dem opposition

A Bedford Borough Council committee has confirmed it has no concerns over plans to introduce a weekly charge for its previously free Telecare service, despite Lib Dem opposition and a predicted drop in usage...

Application made for new children’s care home in Kempston

A six-bedroom house in Kempston could soon become a care home for vulnerable children, under plans submitted to Bedford Borough Council. The application proposes a change of use from a private home...

Lib Dems accused of contradictions on CIPFA report validity as Bedford Borough council faces finance scrutiny

A bombshell independent finance review has sparked a political blame game as Bedford Borough Councillors clash over the actual state of the authority’s finances and the credibility...

Roxton plan for 50 homes given second chance by planning inspector

Bedford Borough Council’s decision to refuse a housing development in Roxton has been overturned by a Planning Inspector – even though it conflicts with the local plan...

Proposals for three ‘drive-throughs’ but no supermarket at new Interchange development

A planning application has been submitted to Bedford Borough Council proposing a mixed-use development on land south of Interchange Way, west of Ampthill Road. But plans for a Lidl...

Opinion: It’s great to see deceitful politicians being called out, but new campaigning rules don’t go far enough

This week’s government announcement on tighter rules for political campaign material is, at last, an acknowledgement of something we’ve been saying for years: fake newspapers mislead...

Monthly column: Our welfare system needs fixing to support people back into work

The Government claims it is delivering sensible welfare reforms, but in reality, all they have delivered is chaos and yet another U-turn. They have failed to grasp the reforms needed to deliver...

Change coming to Bedford mayoral voting system after close 2023 election

Bedford’s razor-thin mayoral election result in 2023 has been thrown into sharper focus after the government confirmed it is scrapping First Past the Post (FPTP) for mayoral and...