THE LAUNCH OF FESTUS'S PCC CAMPAIGN Wednesday, 28 February, 2024 The Bedford and Kempston Association are delighted to inform you that our Police and Crime Commissioner, Festus Akinbusoye has been re-selected to stand again for the PCC elections on Thursday 2nd May 2024. Festus is running a very exciting short 8 week campaign, in the run up to the elections. We believe he has been an outstanding PCC and we want to get behind his campaign. Lets get Festus re... Articles
Bedford residents are desperate for change 1st September 2022 Anyone can get caught out; needing to use the toilet. In Bedford town though, it’s bad news. Over the years, it has become more difficult to find an available... Articles
Bedford Borough Council planning in tatters after nearly 14 years of chaos 1st August 2022 For years, Bedford has suffered from a total lack of strategy in Planning. Whether it's new developments or individual planning applications, there is no... Articles
Well that probably depends on where you live. EWR put up a number of route options for consultation, all of which affected some residents of the Borough. The current Mayor and his team have lobbied for many years for the so-called northern route which fo 1st July 2022 Well that probably depends on where you live. EWR put up a number of route options for consultation, all of which affected some residents of the Borough. The... Articles
Mayor to blame for traffic chaos in Bedford Borough 1st June 2022 Conservative Mayoral Candidate Tom Wootton blames the current Mayor for incompetent management of Bedford’s Road Improvements Schemes leading to major delays... Articles
New Deputy Chair Political at BKCA 27th May 2022 Last night Bedford and Kempston Conservative Association had our AGM. At the AGM it was advised that Sam Ancliff will step down from the role of Deputy Chair... Articles
£3,100,402 for Bedford Borough in levelling up funding 14th April 2022 Bedford Borough is to receive £3,100,402 from the Government through the £2.6 billion UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to help level up the community – from... Articles
Tom launches his campaign 19th March 2022 Following his selection as Mayoral Candidate Tom has set to work with the team. Tom and the Team are really looking forward to formally launching the campaign... Articles
Tom Wootton announced as Mayoral Candidate 22nd February 2022 We are pleased to announce that Tom Wootton has been selected as the Mayoral Candidate for the 2023 elections. Tom has been a councillor for 20 years with... Articles
Bedford Borough Council rejects Conservative call to freeze council tax 3rd February 2022 The Conservative group's call to freeze Bedford Borough Council tax was rejected by councillors last night (2 February). The Conservatives said it would be... Local News
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