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Nadine Dorries quit with immediate effect on Friday

With Nadine Dorries quitting as MP, who will win in the by-election?

Cllr Mackey and Cllr Bell, the new Chair and Vice Chair of Central Bedfordshire Council

New council boss wants Central Beds residents to look on the area with pride

Central Beds Council headquarters and, inset, leader Adam Zerny

Council's new Executive cut allowances to 'protect residents' wallets'

Bedfordshire Police

Maximum allowed increase agreed for Bedfordshire Police's slice of council tax

Councillor Maudlin and Councillor Perham. Images: Central Bedfordshire Council.

Linslade councillor replaced as Central Bedfordshire Council chairman

A councillor has called for education maintenance allowances to be reintroduced in Central Beds

College students 'missing classes over transport costs and too hungry to learn'

A school chef serves cooked hot dinner to a student (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Central Beds Council to lobby government over access to free school meals

Many children go hungry without access to school meals

£1.8m funding agreed for free school meals by Central Bedfordshire Council

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters, Chicksands.

'Hysterical response' over call for more investment in free school meals

Ian Dalgarno

Money being spent on 'unnecessary' deputy police and crime commissioner

Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner Festus Akinbusoye speaks at the meeting

Pilot scheme to tackle truancy in Beds schools has 'really impressive' results
7 Bedfordshire schools have signed up

No money has yet reached struggling families

£140,000 Central Bedfordshire ‘project’ to help struggling families hasn’t helpe...

The new Central Beds Council chairman Gordon Perham and vice chairman Caroline Maudlin

New chairman elected for Central Bedfordshire Council

Councillor Gareth Mackey / CBC HQ

'Urgent' Russian investments question faces two-month council chamber wait

Central Beds Council's headquarters

Central Beds councillors branded 'out of touch' in debate on evening meetings

Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council Cllr Brian Saunders

Chairman and Vice Chairman for Central Bedfordshire Council are re-elected

Cllr Richard Wenham

Arlesey councillor confirmed to lead Central Bedfordshire until May 2023

Central Bedfordshire Council pays tribute to Fiona Chapman MBE

Central Bedfordshire Council pays tribute to 'well-respected councillor' and for...