Alistair Strathern MP

More needs to be done to reverse potential impact of changes to local authority funding say councillors

Labour MPs in Central Bedfordshire constituencies are being urged to do more to reverse the potential £24m impact of proposed government changes to local authority funding...

Opinion: Who will the Tories send in to try and take back Mid Bedfordshire?

It's stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning in October 2023, I'm tired, and as my partner and close friends know, I love a lie-in. But there's work to do and the eyes of the world are turned...

Bedfordshire MPs meet Minister for Policing to demand improved police funding formula

The inadequacy of police funding for the county of Bedfordshire was the subject of a cross-party meeting between Bedfordshire MPs, police chiefs and the Minister for Policing last month...

Cross-party task force meets to end 15-year wait for GP surgery in Wixams

The recently elected MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Alistair Strathern (Labour), has brought together a group of key decision-makers and residents to finally deliver a GP surgery in Wixams...

A yes, a no, and an abstain – Bedford Borough MPs split three ways on ceasefire amendment

All three Bedfordshire MPs have taken different routes to voting in yesterday's amendment to the King's Speech, tabled by the SNP and calling for “all parties to agree to an immediate...

Bedford Mayor says he looks forward to “working constructively” with new Mid Beds MP

Bedford's elected Conservative Mayor, Tom Wootton, has invited the new MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Alistair Strathern to Borough Hall following the Labour candidate's victory. While acknowledging that the...

Sir Keir Starmer joins Mid Beds MP to celebrate “incredible result”

After the by-election victories in Mid Beds and Tamworth, the changed Labour Party can go and win seats anywhere in the country, its leader has said. Sir Keir Starmer joined up with Mid Bedfordshire’s...

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