Support with the cost of living
Household budgets are being squeezed more and more as energy, fuel, inflation and food prices continue to rise. It’s important everyone knows how to access the benefits, payments and support options available.
How can we help you today?
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Waste and recycling
- Bins and waste collections
- Household Waste Recycling Centres (Tidy tips)
- Garden waste subscription service
- Order bins and sacks
- Report a missed bin collection
- Recycling different types of waste
- Bulky waste collections
- Reuse shop at Thorn Turn
- Report fly-tipping
- Bottle and textile banks
- Clinical waste
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Housing
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Planning
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Council Tax
- My Account - manage Council Tax online
- Pay Council Tax online
- Pay Council Tax by Direct Debit
- Find your Council Tax band
- Council Tax charges - check how much you will pay
- Council Tax discounts and exemptions
- Moving home - changes to Council Tax
- Council Tax band changes
- Pay Council Tax by telephone
- Completion Notices and Council Tax on new properties
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Transport, roads and parking
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Support with the cost of living
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Ukraine - sponsors and Ukrainian guests
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Schools and education
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Jobs, skills and adult learning
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Registration and Coroner
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Benefits
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Health and social care
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Leisure and countryside
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About your council
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Children and young people
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Environmental services
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Business
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Community safety
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Self service
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Pay online - pay a bill
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Featured information
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Summer Reading Challenge 2024
Children can unleash their creativity with this year's Summer Reading Challenge “Marvellous Makers” which launches in libraries on 19 July.
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Young person's bus card
Find out how to get around for £1 by bus, if you're under 19.
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Creating great places to live - new Local Plan
We want to create great places to live, and we want your help. Tell us what you think is most important in planning how your area will develop in the future.
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Bored kids this summer?
Find out what we've got going on for families over the holidays.
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Help a child reach their full potential
Find out about fostering today.
Latest news
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Funding boost for cultural and creative communities
Thursday, 25 July 2024
We have awarded grants to ten organisations to support community arts projects, cultural events, and art development programs.
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Dunstable store prosecuted for possession of nearly 400 illegal vapes
Thursday, 25 July 2024
A Dunstable shop and two of its directors have been prosecuted for possessing nearly 400 illegal vapes, after an investigation by Central Bedfordshire Council.
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Homes for the next generation – We're urging residents to be at the heart of new Local Plan
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
What makes a great place to live? That’s the question we're asking as we begin to develop a new Local Plan that will shape the future of Central Bedfordshire.
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Central Bedfordshire's parks and open spaces wave prestigious Green Flag awards
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Central Bedfordshire has once again been celebrated for hosting some of the finest parks and green spaces in the country, as recognised in the 2024 National Green Flag Awards.