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Scaffolding erected around houses in a new housing development Image: Irene Miller/Shutterstock

Bedford councillors vote to defend local voice over controversial planning applications

Bedford Borough councillors have backed a cross-party motion to safeguard local people's say over controversial planning applications before new national...
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Hints that Madness might be coming to town started to appear across Bedford this week. With pictures of a Fez being placed on street signs and a Fez even made its way onto the bust of Trevor Huddleston. Image: Cuffe & Taylor.

Bedford Ian writes…

18 September 2026: Parking prats, Party rift?, and Madness madness. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings-on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Councillors gather in council chambers for the extraordinary full council meeting to debate and vote on a motion to hold a referendum on the position of Mayor of Bedford Borough, 16 September 2026. Image: Bedford Independent screenshot of Bedford Borough Council webcast.

Bedford Borough Council rejects £375k mayoral referendum as Conservative group members abstain

Labour suffered a setback in Bedford Borough Council as a motion to hold a £375k mayoral referendum was defeated, while senior Conservative councillors refused to back Mayor Tom Wootton...
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Tom Wootton (Conservative) and his supporters on 5 May 2023, the night he was elected mayor of Bedford Borough

Bedford Ian writes, mayoral vote special…

16 September 2026: Bedford Ian has been looking ahead to tonight's council vote on whether the elected mayor role should be abolished (or not) and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Mayor Tom Wootton outside the former Debenhams building. Image: Bedford Borough Council

Third cabinet resignation sparks questions over mayor’s East West Rail interest

A third Bedford Borough cabinet resignation has intensified pressure on Mayor Tom Wootton, with Sarah Gallagher’s resignation letter raising concerns over East West Rail...
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Poliical standing of Bedford Borough Council 2026 Image User-AuroraCipPer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Monthly column: Time for a change in Bedford Borough Council’s democracy

Bedford Borough Labour Group has set up a petition to give local people a say on how their Council is run. We believe the time has come for a referendum on the system of Governance and...
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Tom Wootton (Conservative) and his supporters on 5 May 2023, the night he was elected mayor of Bedford Borough

Labour councillors declare no confidence in Bedford mayor as opposition pressure grows

Bedford Borough Labour Group has declared no confidence in Mayor Tom Wootton, as opposition petitions calling for his resignation grow ahead of tonight’s council budget vote...
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Mayor Tom Wootton outside the former Debenhams building. Image: Bedford Borough Council

Bedford Borough councillors launch two more petitions calling for mayor’s resignation

After Bedford's Liberal Democrats launched a petition on Friday (13 February) calling for the resignation of Bedford's elected mayor, Tom Wootton (Conservative), two further 'parallel'...
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Members of the Bedford Labour Group pictured in St Mary's Gardens overlooking the River Great Ouse

Labour says abstaining on Bedford council budget was a “responsible choice”

Bedford Borough Labour Group has defended its decision to abstain after the council’s budget was voted down, saying the plans failed to secure long-term financial stability...
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