SYLVIA GILLARD ELECTED AS NEW COUNCIL SPEAKER
Councillor Sylvia Gillard has been elected as the new Speaker of Bedford Borough Council.
Councillor Sylvia Gillard has been elected as the new Speaker of Bedford Borough Council.
Despite a Liberal Democrat challenge the Conservatives voted as a block to brush aside reasoned argument from Cllrs Nick Hollinghurst (DBC) and Garrick Stevens (Berkhamsted Town Council). The concerns and protests of residents and business were also disregarded. Just as in the case of the Moor End Road Bus Lane we were treated to the spectacle of Conservative councillors insisting they know best and everyone else is wrong. It was a foolish and expensive strategy in Moor End - will it be similarly disasterous in Berkhamsted?
Despite a Liberal Democrat challenge the Conservatives voted as a block to brush aside reasoned argument from Cllrs Nick Hollinghurst (DBC) and Garrick Stevens (Berkhamsted Town Council). The concerns and protests of residents and business were also disregarded. Just as in the case of the Moor End Road Bus Lane we were treated to the spectacle of Conservative councillors insisting they know best and everyone else is wrong. It was a foolish and expensive strategy in Moor End - will it be similarly disasterous in Berkhamsted?
Cllr David Kendall and Cllr Barry Aspinell have been re-elected as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Brentwood Borough Council for a sixth consecutive term.
Bedford Borough Council took responsibility for enforcing the correct use of bus lanes in the borough from Monday 30th April.
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