The Annual Canvass of households, to update the Electoral Register, is now live. Each year we have to, by law, find out who is eligible to register to vote.

A fleet of grocery delivery robots is heading to local neighbourhoods in Bedford thanks to an exciting pilot project between Bedford Borough Council and Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of autonomous delivery services, in partnership with

Bedford Borough Council will be providing vouchers to families with children eligible for income related free school meals.

Funded through the Household Support Fund, the council will provide households £25 per eligible child or young person in Bedford Borough for February half term.

In addition to the recently announced Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant, the Council has now announced details of its discretionary Omicron grant scheme.