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Surplus council tax to be carried over to next year’s Borough Council budget

An estimated surplus of £1.2 million in council tax will be carried over to Bedford Borough Council’s budget for next year. On Wednesday (4 January), the council’s executive was...

Bedford Borough Council collected 97 per cent of Council Tax last year

Bedford Borough Council charges residents around £95 million in council tax a year and successfully collected just over 97 per cent last year. A report presented to the Budget..

Bedford Borough council tax rise is sixth-highest in England

Figures released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that Bedford Borough Council had the sixth-highest council tax rise amongst unitary authorities in England...

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Bedford Borough Council tax increase confirmed with average household to see a 4 per cent rise

Council tax for an average Bedford borough home is going up by almost four per cent. Bedford Borough councillors were asked to approve the council tax resolution at the full meeting...

Bedford Borough council tax is going up: Lib Dems and Labour blame Government cuts with local Conservatives trying to block the rise

Bedford borough residents will be seeing a 3.99 per cent increase in the council’s slice of their council tax bills following the approval of the council’s General Fund Budget for 2022/2023. The...

Bedford Borough Council rejects challenge to freeze council tax

A call from the Conservative group to freeze Bedford Borough Council tax was rejected by councillors last night (Wednesday, February 2). The Conservatives said it would be wrong...

£10 council tax rise for Bedfordshire Police approved

The Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel has voted to support the proposed £10 (Band D) policing precept rise, but it wants to improve clarity on savings and efficiencies made by the...

Letters: PCC’s government has created the funding gaps he’s raising Council Tax to plug

I'm pleased to see that the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner agrees with me that his Government need to fund our force properly...

PCC grateful that Bedfordshire MPs have raised force’s funding concerns in Parliament

Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has said he is grateful that the issue of inadequate funding for police has been raised in Parliament...

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