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Bedford MP quizzes Health Secretary over ‘care home shield’ claims

Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin asked a question of the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock today, regarding the Government's treatment of care home residents during the Covid-19...

Surge testing approved as Bedford records second highest rate of infection in the country

The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has this evening (Monday) announced that Bedford will be among the areas given surge testing as the Borough recorded the second highest rates of infection in...

Bedford company named in legal challenge to ‘VIP lane’ Government contracts

A Bedford firm that was awarded six government PPE contracts totalling £160m has been added to the list of those being investigated by the Good Law Project as being in a 'VIP lane' for preferential...

Headteacher’s concerns over Covid vaccines for teachers dismissed by Matt Hancock

A Bedford headteacher and chair of governors have prompted a question in the House of Commons, urging the Government to give priority for vaccination to teachers and frontline staff...

Breaking News: Bedford now in Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions

Breaking News: Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced Bedford Borough is to be placed into Tier 3 until at least the next review of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on 23 December...

Exclusive: Bedford’s coronavirus cases could be twice as high

The Bedford Independent has joined forces with local health bosses and MPs to demand Health Secretary Matt Hancock publishes the Borough's Pillar 2 testing data, after believing the true...

Without Covid test and trace we’ve only got half the information

We were promised a world-beating test and trace system with a shiny new app by June 1 at the latest. But in yet another massive U-turn, the government...

Bedford MP refutes health minister’s claims that he wasn’t lobbied for Bedford Hospital cash

Newly re-elected MP for Bedford and Kempston, Mohammad Yasin, has robustly refuted claims made by the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, that...

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