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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.

We celebrated our foster carers at a ‘Celebration of Fostering’ event this weekend, recognising 15 households who together have given an incredible 105 years of dedicated fostering service.

Residents are being invited to donate children’s bikes at a special collection event taking place on Monday 25 May, from 10.30am to 12.30pm, at the Sports Pavilion, Tithe Farm Road, Houghton Regis.

Two foster carers from Central Bedfordshire have been recognised in the New Year Honours List for their exceptional service to foster care.

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

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.

We are expanding our improvement plan in response to an inspection by the Regulator of Social Housing.

Today (10 January 2025), we submitted a letter expressing our interest in being part of the government’s devolution priority programme.