Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)

Weekly Coronavirus Figures for Bedford Borough Published

The latest weekly coronavirus statistics for Bedford Borough have been published. The figures show that in the seven days up to February 14th:

Free Leadership Programme for 18-25 year olds in Bedford Borough

UpRising are running a free 6-month online Leadership Programme for any young people who live, work or study in Bedford Borough aged between 18 and 25.

Surveys

We are conducting a series of surveys asking you to tell us the issues that are most important to you and your family so that we can focus on these as a first priority.

1 in 7 disabled people are experiencing domestic abuse. Liberal Democrats pushing for further and faster measures to improve and pass Domestic Abuse Bill into law

New figures show that 1 in 7 disabled people aged 16-59 in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in the year to March 2020, and that disabled women were more than twice as likely to have experienced domestic abuse during the same period, Cllr Anita Lower, who speaks for Newcastle Liberal Democrats on community safety issues said: "The rates of domestic abuse against disabled people - especially disabled women - are shockingly high. Even more concerning is that these figures are from before the pandemic, and we know that lockdown has made the situation far worse.

The need for local input in healthcare decision-making

The SNP have been centralising NHS services under the radar for years and sadly this pandemic has exposed the fault-lines in...

2nd March on-line Quiz