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13 March 2026: Third job?, No flawyer zone, and The Battle of Bedford. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…

Opinion: It’s great to see deceitful politicians being called out, but new campaigning rules don’t go far enough

This week’s government announcement on tighter rules for political campaign material is, at last, an acknowledgement of something we’ve been saying for years: fake newspapers mislead...

Labour PCC candidate blames incomplete legal notice on agent

Labour’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidate for Bedfordshire has said he will be “accountable and transparent” if elected and blamed an incomplete legal notice on one...

Opinion: Mr Sunak, please call a general election, I’m sick of the ‘campaigning’ already

A general election is on the way, yet no one knows when it will be. Well, one person may have an idea but he's not letting on and it's driving me crazy. If you believe national media (and it's not often I do)...

Letters: All political leaflets must be honest

Recently I have received three political newsletters through my door with varying interests to me. Those from the Liberal Democrats and Labour party told me in detail of their recent work and...

Opinion: We’re ranked number two in the UK, but what does that mean?

The life of a news editor is never dull. Each morning it's impossible to predict what you'll be doing that day, and what you'll be writing about in your latest column. I was supposed to write about fake...

Letters: “Thanks for your coverage of disguising election material”

Thanks are due to Paul Hutchinson for his coverage of the growing practice of disguising election literature as some kind of public information service. The first leaflet we received from our...

Prospective MP candidate defends “deceitful” marketing claiming it’s ok because “people are familiar with my name”

The Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) for Bedford and Kempston has defended her use of "deceitful' propaganda-style marketing after delivering a fake magazine to homes...

Letters: It’s disheartening to see politicians misleading voters with fake newspapers

As pressure grows for all political parties to stop using fake newspapers as campaign material, the chief executive of independent press regulator IMPRESS has written to Greg Hands, Chairman...

Lib Dems and Conservatives double down on “deceitful” use of ‘propaganda’ style tactics in Mid Beds by-election

The Liberal Democrats have said they'll continue to use 'fake newspapers' in their Mid Beds by-election campaign, despite voters overwhelmingly criticising the tactic and calling for the propaganda...

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