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Featured information
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We’re consulting on potential changes to our Local Council Tax Support scheme
Due to significant financial pressures, it has become necessary to review and adjust the scheme.
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Christmas road closures
Find Christmas 2025 road closures and times for towns and villages across Central Bedfordshire.
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Recycling collections will resume from Monday, 15 December
Read more about the resumption of collections.
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Have your say on the future of your local community
Tell us what you think of the draft recommendations on how your community is governed.
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“I can’t change the world, but I can change a child’s life.”
Your everyday is everything a foster child needs. Find out about fostering.
Latest news
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Recycling collections to resume Monday 15 December
Friday, 12 December 2025
We would like to thank residents for their patience and understanding during a brief suspension of dry recycling collections.
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New SEMH provision opens in Dunstable to support children with urgent needs
Friday, 12 December 2025
A new social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) provision has opened, with the headteacher revealing the facility has made a “meaningful difference to children and families”.
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Temporary pause to recycling bin collections
Monday, 8 December 2025
Central Bedfordshire Council is advising residents that all dry recycling collections are temporarily suspended, effective immediately, and will remain suspended until further notice.
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Leighton Buzzard shop shut down after repeated sale of illegal tobacco
Friday, 5 December 2025
On 2 December 2025, our Trading Standards Team closed L&B Market, 5a North Street, Leighton Buzzard LU7 1EF.
