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We will soon be writing to EU citizens registered to vote, to let them know about legal changes to their voting and candidacy rights effective from 7 May, 2024.

A new academy school parent governor representative has been elected to our Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Councillors have stopped plans to close Ridgmont Lower School and will now re-examine the potential for the school and three others to become Primary Schools as part of the Three-to-Two-Tier programme.

Residents of Central Bedfordshire will go to the polls on Thursday 2 May to have a say on who represents them as the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Bedfordshire.

We are reviewing our polling districts, polling places and polling stations.

Autumn Announcement - 8 November 2023: Three-Tier to Two-Tier.

The brand-new Houstone School building has opened its doors to pupils for the very first time, with excited young people told of the historic moment, “you are part of something special”.

Residents in Mid Bedfordshire are being urged to prepare ahead of the parliamentary by-election taking place on Thursday 19 October.

We are launching our Youth Parliament elections this week (w/c 4 September) and are inviting young people living or going to school in Central Bedfordshire to stand for election.

Thursday 24 August 2023, students at schools across Central Bedfordshire have been discovering their GCSE results.