Ashley Dalton MP

Bedford’s “Reform voters are not racist” – but some party policies are “xenophobic”

A health minister has insisted that the Bedfordians who choose to back Reform UK at the general election are “not racist” – but said some of the party’s policies are “deeply xenophobic” and...

£24m Community Diagnostic Centre opens at Bedford Hospital Health Village

A new £24 million Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) has been opened at Bedford Hospital’s Gilbert Hitchcock House, marking a major step in transforming health services for local people...

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