Some of the pensioners on the lowest incomes will be given a £200 payment towards their household bills after a vote by Central Bedfordshire councillors.
Children's services and adult social care costs are prompting Central Bedfordshire Council's forecast £1.5m revenue budget overspend, as the chief executive gives scrutiny committee stark expenditure facts.
A fallen tree has been removed from Leighton Buzzard's Clipstone Brook following concerns that it could pose a flood risk.
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