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9 November 2026
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Council’s Capital Programme

December 2024's full council meeting in adjournment after capital programme impasse

Capital programme debate delayed until January following full council impasse

Approval for Bedford borough’s Conservative administration’s capital programme – which included education, transport and leisure plans – has been delayed following...
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Bedford Borough councillors in budget-balancing ‘reserves row’

Bedford borough Lib Dems have said the Conservative administration had to use reserves to balance their budget. But the Conservatives said that they are just following the Lib Dem suggestion to use...
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Bedford International Athletic Stadium. Image: Bedford International Athletic Stadium/Facebook

State-of-the-art ‘Leisure Village’ returns to the drawing board

Mayor Tom Wootton's bold ambitions for the Borough's leisure facilities have gone back to the drawing board, with councillors asking for a business case to support the proposal. The new Leisure Village was...
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Monthly column: Massive improvement opportunities for Bedford Borough missed

At Bedford Borough’s last Full Council meeting (Wednesday, 29 November) Labour, Liberal Democrats and Green Councillors voted to “delete all” of the Council’s Updated Investment programme...
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Opposition parties accuse Conservatives of “misleading and divisive politics” over spending plans

A row between Bedford’s political parties has broken out over a vote on the Conservative mayor’s “ambitious vision”. The borough council’s ruling party claimed that a Lib Dem amendment has...
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Monthly column: Investing in our infrastructure

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