Euan Duncan is the Local Democracy Reporter for Luton and Central Bedfordshire.
A £1.5m improvement to Central Bedfordshire Council’s coffers is estimated from the provisional government financial settlement, according to the local authority’s finance portfolio holder.
A maximum of two paint tins per household, two mattresses and two visits with carpet to tidy tips in Central Bedfordshire would be allowed annually under waste management changes to reduce the local authority’s costs.
Central Bedfordshire Council has apologised and paid £300 each to a mother and her son for failing to arrange alternative provision when he was unable to attend school for health reasons.
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