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Mohammad Yasin retains the Bedford & Kempston seat for Labour

Despite a dismal evening for Labour throughout the UK, the marginal seat of Bedford and Kempston was retained by Mohammad Yasin...

LIVE: General Election 2019

General Election 2019: Bedford. We'll be updating this live blog as soon as the winners for each seat covered by the Bedford Independent is announced...

Jeremy Corbyn attends Kempston rally on eve of general election

With less than 12 hours until the polling stations open, the leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, attended a Labour Party rally in Kempston this...

Independent hospital campaigner Barry Monk backs Lib Dem’s Henry Vann

The founder of the Save Bedford Hospital Party, Dr Barry Monk, has backed the Liberal Democrat candidate, Henry Vann to be the next MP for Bedford...

Eddie Izzard joins the campaign trail in Bedford

World-renowned actor, comedian, marathon runner and activist, Eddie Izzard, was in Bedford this morning, campaigning in Castle ward with Labour's Mohammad...

Secretary of State for Health visits Bedford with commitment to NHS

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, was in Bedford this morning, campaigning with local Conservative candidates Ryan Henson...

Letters: How can I justify voting for an MP when I have doubts over their views?

I am a life long Labour voter and ex-Labour councillor. Putting a cross next to Mohammad Yasin's name should be instinctive. However, on receiving my...

Letters: An open letter on Brexit

Very few people living today voted in the first referendum of June 1975. No political party has ever mentioned the referendum of 2017 [sic] was the 2nd...

‘Get Brexit done’ manifesto launched by Tory party

Following the launch of the Conservative Party manifesto on Sunday, the candidate for Bedford and Kempston, has welcomed the commitments to get Brexit done...

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