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Cllr Charles Royden and Cllr Wendy Rider by Manton Lane Footbridge

Stay Safe and Say No to Cold Callers

Bedford Borough Council Environmental Health & Trading Standards are urging people to stay safe in their own homes by saying a firm "No" to cold calling doorstep traders.

21 Mar 2013
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A £700 tax cut: delivering the 2010 Lib Dem Manifesto graphic

Promise Kept: Delivering a £700 Tax Cut for Shepway

Wednesday's Budget announced that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will be raised to £10,000 in April 2014 - one year sooner than had been expected. This means 37,600 ordinary working people in Shepway will get a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total tax cut to £700 a year since Liberal Democrats joined the Coalition Government.

21 Mar 2013
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Mayor Dave Hodgson with Cllr Doug McMurdo outside Number Thirteen, the new front of house cafe-bar for Bedford Corn Exchange

Number Thirteen is Open for Business

Sunday night saw the official opening of 'Number Thirteen', the brand new 'front-of-house' facility for Bedford Corn Exchange and high quality new town centre cafe-bar. The Council has invested in the long-empty former Saracen's Head property in order to improve the experience for concert and gig-goers enjoying the Corn Exchange, and the new facility is already establishing itself as an attractive addition to that area of the town centre.

20 Mar 2013
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Tim and the Lib Dems at WGH

'£225,000 is too much for past failure' says Farron

Commenting on the announcement this afternoon that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) has released the terms of its former chief executive, Tony Halsall, South Lakes MP Tim Farron said the amount was 'too much for failure'.

20 Mar 2013
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