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Richard Fuller, Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire and PCC Festus Akinbusoye have condemned Frank Hester's comments about Diane Abbott. Image: Richard Fuller MP/Bedfordshire Police

Local Tories condemn party donor’s racist and sexist comments

Bedford Borough's Conservative MP and the police and crime commissioner have joined former North East Bedfordshire MP, Alistair Burt in condemning the comments of Tory party donor, Frank Hester...
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Alistair Burt served as the MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001-2019

Opinion: We must talk about public servant safety

I was elected to Parliament on the same day as David Amess in 1983. For the best part of forty years after we were friends and colleagues, and the descriptions of him, and his life in public...
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Carers' Week

Former MP, Alistair Burt, champions Carers Week 2020

To highlight Carers Week (8 14 June), former MP for NE Beds and Minister for Social Care, Alistair Burt, echoes this year's theme, 'Making Carers Visible'...
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Iranian General Qasem Soleimani

The new Iranian crisis: former minister and leading Cranfield University academics explain why it matters

Following the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the Bedford Independent spoke to one of the Borough's former MPs, a former minister for...
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Bedford MP refutes health minister’s claims that he wasn’t lobbied for Bedford Hospital cash

Newly re-elected MP for Bedford and Kempston, Mohammad Yasin, has robustly refuted claims made by the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, that...
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Richard Fuller sees Conservatives retain NE Beds

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Richard Fuller selected by Conservatives as NE Beds candidate

The former MP for Bedford and Kempston, Richard Fuller, has been selected as the Conservative candidate for the constituency of North East Bedfordshire.
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Bedford Hospital NHS Trust launches three-year plan

Bedford Hospital has said they're prioritising shorter stays in hospital, revolutionary digital transformation and significant investment as part of a three-year plan launched this...
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