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Thinking about becoming a Councillor? Find out more about the role, what’s involved and the support available at our Be a Councillor event on 15 October.

We're proposing new parish wards in Houghton Regis and Houghton Conquest to give growing communities a stronger local voice.

We are improving our website, and on 21 July it will look different.

Central Bedfordshire Council is calling on residents and businesses to have their say on proposals to create a new ward for the Linmere area.

Our newly-appointed Executive Member for Children and Families and Deputy Executive Member have issued a joint update following their first week in post.

The Leader of the Council has announced changes to the composition of the Executive with immediate notice.

We are deeply saddened to share that former Councillor, Caroline Maudlin, passed away on 24 November 2025 after bravely facing cancer.

We will temporarily pause garden waste collections for 12 weeks this winter, from Monday, 1 December 2025 to Friday, 20 February 2026. Collections will resume on Monday, 23 February 2026.

We're inviting residents to take part in the second stage of our Community Governance Review, which looks at how local communities are represented through town and parish councils.

In March 2025, we wrote to all parent governors of schools we maintain, seeking nominations for 2 parent governor representative posts on the Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee.