News

We've launched a consultation our Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) scheme for working-age claimants.

Our Trading Standards team, Bedfordshire Police Road Safety Partnership and Vehicle Examiners inspected 2 motor dealerships on 19 November as part of Safer Cars Week (16–22 November 2025).

We're inviting local residents, businesses, and community groups to take part in a public consultation on our new Active Travel Strategy.

We're consulting on our Sustainable Modes of Travel to School Strategy.

We're inviting residents to take part in a new survey on community-led housing, an approach that puts communities at the heart of housing development.

We're supporting Sceptre this week (Monday 17 November to Friday 21 November 2025), joining Bedfordshire Police in a national effort to raise awareness of the dangers of carrying a knife.

A Leighton Buzzard woman has been convicted at Luton Magistrates’ Court for misusing a Blue Badge belonging to her deceased relative.

A former Central Bedfordshire tradesman has been convicted of multiple counts of fraud after deceiving elderly and vulnerable residents across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

View details of planned road closures and closure times for Christmas celebrations across Central Bedfordshire in 2025, including town and village events.

Read the latest edition of Housing Matters.