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£11.5m Bedford Borough Council savings plan includes cuts to staff, voluntary service and libraries

Bedford Borough Council has set out plans to save £11.5 million next year as part of a major budget consultation. The plan, agreed by the council’s executive last night (Wednesday, 15 October)...

Council confirms four-hour free parking to pause as Bedford Borough faces financial pressures

Bedford Borough Council will pause its four-hour free parking scheme from Sunday, 3 November, to save £150,000 amid financial pressures highlighted by a CIPFA report warning the council...

Bedford Ian writes…

10 October 2025: Wootton earth is going on?, Ego boost, Speed check and True Bedfordian. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks...

Bedford Borough Council faces £13.6m overspend with £58.6m funding gap expected by 2030

Bedford Borough Council is facing what councillors have described as a “deepening financial emergency”, with reports presented this week revealing both a £13.6 million overspend this year...

Scheme allowing councillors to support Bedford community projects to be scrapped

Bedford Borough Council has scrapped a scheme that allowed councillors to support community projects with immediate effect, citing financial pressures. The Member Ward Fund scheme, which gives...

Parking, green bins, library services and community grants among areas facing cuts in new council savings plan

Bedford Borough Council is preparing to launch a public consultation on proposals to save £11.5 million in 2026/27, as it faces what it calls “considerable financial challenges” in the years ahead...

Mayor pauses four-hour free parking scheme amid Bedford Borough Council financial pressures

The four-hour free parking scheme at two of Bedford town centre’s main multi-storey car parks will be suspended next month as Bedford Borough Council responds to rising costs and reduced government...

Monthly column: With unity and honesty, we can steer Bedford through these financial headwinds

Everyone is aware of the financial challenges faced by the current Government, and local authorities like Bedford Borough are no different. Our community is feeling...

Letters: Fixing the financial firestorm – the facts

The Mayor must think residents have very short memories if he thinks the claims in his recent column will be accepted! Let’s put the record straight. Read: Fixing the financial firestorm...

Exclusive: Bedford Borough Council told to tighten spending and boost income to avoid Section 114 notice

Bedford Borough Council has been warned it is already in “Section 114 territory” – the point at which a council effectively declares itself unable to set a balanced budget – unless...

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