We asked the town's leaders for their response to the news that M&S will close it's Bedford store in May. Both the Mayor and MP described it as a 'blow to the town'
Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin has been forced to defend not signing a letter denouncing the decision to readmit Chris Williamson to the Labour Party. In a tweet last week...
Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin has taken took up a seat on the Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Select Committee. He was elected as one of the...
The Queen’s speech was ‘a party-political broadcast for a Conservative Government in panic mode’
Monthly Column
This week the Queen was summoned to Parliament to read out Boris Johnson’s Government’s agenda. But this was a highly unusual Queen’s speech, because...
The Operation Yellowhammer documents the Government were forced to publish this month starkly reveal the risk posed to the NHS of a no-deal Brexit...
February: The last-minute cancellation of the February recess was an opportunity to bring us closer to a solution to the Brexit crisis.
MPs in Bedford Borough have give us their views on the vote last night to accept, or reject, a new EU deal put on the table by the Prime Minister. Theresa May's amended deal, was rejected by...
JULY: Earlier this month, the Education Secretary Damien Hinds announced a £9.3m for an early intervention programme in schools to help teachers work more closely with the NHS. A 4-year roll-out...
AUGUST: Stalled discussions over the merger between Bedford Hospital and the Luton & Dunstable were revived at the start of August by a promise of...
December: We are living in times of profound political significance which will shape all our futures. The stakes are high and the kind of Brexit that is delivered will impact our economy...
MAY: Few of us can forget the powerful campaign by Hannah Deacon who waged a public battle to save her son Alfie Dingley’s life. The now 8-year-old, suffers a rare...
APRIL: This month, the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, made another speech about rising violent crime among young people. In what some interpreted as a leadership bid...