http://bedfordlibdems.org/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Bedford Liberal Democrats en-GB Bedford Liberal Democrats http://bedfordlibdems.org/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Bedford Liberal Democrats 2008-07-05T19:32+01:00 United Kingdom http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000510/bedford_borough_lib_dems_continue_to_fight_to_keep_our_weekly_collections__see_tv_coverage.html Speaking on Anglia Television News, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Group Environment Spokesperson Cllr Paul Whitehead has explained some of the reasons why fortnightly collections are completely unsuitable for Bedford Borough. 2008-07-05T10:00+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000509/outrage_over_attempt_to_topple_historic_stewartby_chimneys.html Just seven months after the historic chimneys at the Stewartby Brickworks site were given listed building status, Landowner Hanson is seeking to demolish them as part of plans for a new 1200-home development. 2008-07-04T11:05+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000508/nhs_review_more_centralisation_from_brown.html Bedford Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, Henry Vann has criticised the Labour peer Lord Darzi's NHS "next stage review" in which new plans were set out for the health service. 2008-07-02T14:23+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000506/lib_dem_general_election_campaign_goes_online.html Bedford Lib Dem Henry Vann's campaign for Westminster , now has its own online community we want you to be part of. 2008-06-30T22:00+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000507/battle_for_play_areas_alcohol_ban_to_continue.html The campaign to see alcohol banned from play areas will continue after the issue was deferred once again by Bedford Borough Council's Licensing Committee. 2008-06-30T16:08+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000505/lib_dems_step_up_call_for_play_areas_alcohol_ban.html Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have stepped up their calls for alcohol to be banned from children's play areas. At a meeting tonight, Bedford Borough Council's Licensing Committee will discuss the Lib Dems' proposal for all play areas across the borough to be declared alcohol free zones. Lib Dems on the committee will be seeking a commitment from the council and the police that they will work together to remove alcohol completely from these most unsuitable sites. 2008-06-26T18:01+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000504/labour_tries_to_foist_nuclear_waste_on_local_councils.html Henry Vann has criticised the government proposals over procedures for selecting sites for the long term storage of nuclear waste. 2008-06-25T14:13+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000500/grass_cutting_contractor_should_be_replaced.html Putnoe Liberal Democrat Councillors are calling for action to tackle the incredibly poor grass cutting carried out this year in Putnoe and other areas. 2008-06-22T09:00+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000503/payphone_consultation_descends_into_farce_as_bt_refuses_to_take_calls.html Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have repeated their demands for BT to reveal how and why they chose the 28 payphones that are due to be removed across the borough. The telecommunications giant continues to withhold this information as the closure of a consultation period on the removals approaches on June 25th. The process descended into farce this week with confirmation from BT that its consultation team working on the payphone removals cannot be contacted by telephone. 2008-06-21T09:00+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000502/borough_council_misses_recycling_target.html Bedford Borough Council has failed to meet its own modest targets for increasing participation in both the orange bag and green bag recycling schemes. The council pledged to increase the number of households taking part in the schemes by 5 per cent by March 2008, and has fallen well short of its target in both cases. 2008-06-20T10:57+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000501/bedford_hospital_failing_to_meet_national_hygiene_standards.html Bedford Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Henry Vann has called for a more local accountability at Bedford hospital, in response to news that it is one of the 103 NHS trusts that are failing to meet Government standards on hygiene, according to independent government watchdog, the Healthcare Commission. 2008-06-17T19:37+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000499/bedford_lib_dems_pick_henry_vann_as_parliamentary_candidate.html Bedford and Kempston Liberal Democrats have selected Henry Vann as their parliamentary candidate to fight the next general election, expected by 2010. Henry was selected at a packed hustings meeting open to all Lib Dem members in Bedford and Kempston on Wednesday night. 2008-06-13T10:57+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000498/lib_dems_attack_post_office_closures.html Writing in the June edition of the Bedford News, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Dave Hodgson has attacked the Labour Government's post office closure programme. In the article, Cllr Hodgson encourages residents concerned about local branch closures to register their views when the public consultation begins in July. 2008-06-12T17:46+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000497/bt_looks_to_wield_axe_on_local_payphones.html British Telecom have announced plans to remove 28 public payphones from a variety of both urban and rural locations across Bedford Borough. Liberal Democrats have called for BT to justify the removals by providing individual usage figures for the payphones and stating the criteria they have used to identify call boxes for removal. 2008-06-07T11:30+01:00 http://bedfordlibdems.org/news/000496/lib_dems_attack_council_secrecy.html Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have called for greater openness on the council after part of Monday's Implementation Executive meeting was held in secret. 2008-06-05T15:49+01:00