Mayor Tom Wootton tagged articles

Bedford Borough Council has yet to respond to questions about cost and impact of Improvement Plan

Bedford Borough Council has yet to respond to questions about the cost, staffing impact and use of external consultants in its Improvement Plan, more than a month after they...

Traffic worries in Queen’s Park as EWR proposes location for multi-storey station car park

People in Bedford’s Queen’s Park have warned their neighbourhood could be overwhelmed by traffic and congestion under East West Rail (EWR) proposals for a multi-storey station car park...

Breaking news: Bedford Borough councillors agree budget with almost 5% council tax rise

Bedford Borough Council has approved the 2026/27 budget, which includes an almost 5% rise in council tax. Council Tax will increase by 4.99% (2.99% core plus 2% Adult Social Care precept) to help...

Labour councillors declare no confidence in Bedford mayor as opposition pressure grows

Bedford Borough Labour Group has declared no confidence in Mayor Tom Wootton, as opposition petitions calling for his resignation grow ahead of tonight’s council budget vote...

Bedford Borough councillors launch two more petitions calling for mayor’s resignation

After Bedford's Liberal Democrats launched a petition on Friday (13 February) calling for the resignation of Bedford's elected mayor, Tom Wootton (Conservative), two further 'parallel'...

Letters: Every petty sniping councillor should be ashamed of helping to run this Borough’s affairs into the ground

Oh, the joy of reading Paul Hutchison's delicious take-down of Tom Wootton's pompous, disastrous tenure at the helm of our council. It's long overdue that someone should point out the emperor...

Bedford Ian writes…

13 February: Teflon Tom?, Ghost writer, Apostrophe apathy, and Heroes among us. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…

Breaking news: Councillors launch joint petition calling for Bedford Borough mayor to resign

Councillors across Bedford Borough Council have launched a joint petition calling for Mayor Tom Wootton (Conservative) to resign. The announcement was made in an...

Opinion: Mr mayor, a Best Value inspection is embarrassing and the buck also stops with you

Bedford Borough Council faces a Best Value inspection and the Mayor says it's “welcome support”, calling for the chief executive to resign. Bedford needs less blame and more leadership...

Mayor writes to health secretary over “urgent concerns” for Bedford’s hospital services

Bedford Borough’s mayor has written to the Health Secretary to raise "urgent concerns" about the future resilience of local hospital services, warning that patient safety and access could be...

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