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The Pilgrim's Progress

Bedford's Pilgrim's Progress is cutting the price food and drink

Rachel Reeves listens to Keir Starmer on the Labour general election campaign trail in May (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2024: when it is and what could be in it - as PM warns of pain

Heat pumps are pricey - but there’s some big savings to be had and they can pay off in the long run

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In Bedford, 4,093 applications were submitted for places in primary and secondary schools for the upcoming academic year. Of these, 90% received their first preference – a slight fall on last year

Fewer Bedford children accepted into first-choice school

Matt Lansley Photo: Reform UK

VAT on school fees could impact every child in Bedford says Reform UK candidate

(Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

How UK parties are approaching National Insurance ahead of election

Paragon House, on the Woburn Park Industrial Estate in Bedford (Picture: Kirkby Diamond)

Are you hoping to expand your business? 14,500 sq ft warehouse on the market

How much wine, beer & spirits will cost after government tax increase

Department for Transport figures show 1,780 battery-electric cars were registered in Bedford at the end of last year – up from 1,647 the year before

More electric cars were being driven around the streets of Bedford

Bedford mayor Tom Wootton at the Executive meeting

Legal advice over pausing Bedford's local plan cost more than £3k

Superdrug to cut cost of sun cream with items available from just £2.79

Superdrug to cut cost of suncream with items available from just £2.79

Superdrug is cutting the cost of 41 sun care items by 20 percent this summer

Chelsie Sewell

Mars Wrigley factory fined after two people fell into vat of chocolate

Here’s where to get the best deals for National Pizza Day.

Five places to get cheap pizza on National Pizza Day

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming and “sacrifices” will be necessary.

Jeremy Hunt expected to announce increase to National Living Wage

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming and “sacrifices” will be necessary.

Jeremy Hunt admits tax rises are coming in Autumn Statement

Chancellor urged to slash VAT on public EV charging

Public EV charging hits £1 per kWh as Osprey hikes prices by 50%

(Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Campaigners demand 25p fuel duty cut to ease cost of living crisis

Greggs set to extend opening hours and delivery services - but prices could rise

(Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury makes £46 in tax per full tank as fuel costs hit new high

Energy crisis pushing more people in to debt

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Martin Lewis shares exact salary you need to be earning to benefit from tax chan...

Price of Tesco sanitary pads doubles - here’s where to find the cheapest product...

Bedford Lib Dems are calling for the standard rate of VAT to be reduced from 20% to 17.5% for one year

Cut VAT to save families in Bedford £33,720,000, say town's Liberal Democrats

(Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Forecourt fuel thefts jump 200% as petrol prices soar

It's feared a third of Britain's fish and chip shops will go out of business over the next 12 months

Food bar near Bedford closes suddenly due to soaring cost of fish

(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Calls to cut VAT on fuel as petrol price set to hit £1.60 a litre

Chancellor urged to act as prices rise at fastest rate for almost 20 years

Matt Allan

Government urged to cut VAT on public EV charging

Sharnbrook Hotel

Fancy owning Sharnbrook Hotel? Yours - if you have a spare £3.95million

Drivers overcharged £156 million for fuel in December as retailers failed to pass on wholesale savings (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Drivers overcharged £156 million for fuel in December as retailers failed to pas...

Bedford households recorded their largest rise in electricity consumption in eight years in 2020

Bedford homes record pandemic-fuelled rise in electricity use

Martin Lewis is urging the government to intervene now to avoid a crisis in the energy market (Photo: ITV)

Rising energy bills could lead to ‘eat or heat’ dilema for households

Land Rover Defender V8 & 110 Hard Top review: Chalk and cheese 4x4s

Where to find the cheapest fuel as prices soar 30p per litre in a year

Diesel price rockets to all-time high as oil costs climb

Petrol prices reach new record high

Calls for tax cut as petrol prices hit 9-year high

The discount will be available at 870 pubs to mark Tax Equality Day on 23 September (Photo: Getty Images)

Wetherspoons is slashing food and drink prices by 7.5% for one day only

2021 Suzuki Jimny LCV

Suzuki Jimny LCV review: an uncompromsing off-roader (apart from the compromises...

The Pilgrim's Progress

Why Wetherspoons - including The Pilgrim's Progress in Bedford - will be increas...

The change in VAT rules means that Wetherspoons will be adding around 40p to its meal prices (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Wetherspoons will be increasing its prices following lockdown

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Budget on Wednesday (3 March) (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how the Budget announcement will affect your personal finances - key chan...

Labour leader Keir Starmer will lay out major new policies in speech today - how to watch it (Photo by Ian Vogler - Pool/Getty Images)

Labour leader Keir Starmer will lay out major new policies in speech today - how...

2021 Isuzu D-Max revealed with new body and updated interior Jim McGill

Online shopping charges have changed since Brexit - everything you need to know (Photo: Shutterstock)

Online shopping charges have changed since Brexit - everything you need to know

Drivers demand bigger grants or VAT cuts to help them go electric

Vodafone is offering small UK businesses free broadband for 2021 to help through...

Two new flavours of Jaffa Cake have been released - would you try them?

Millionaire couples could be taxed more to pay for the coronavirus crisis

Peugeot offers free van signwriting to local businesses

Review: Ford Ranger Wildtrak strikes a happy middle ground

Subway sandwiches are too sugary to legally be called bread (Photo: Shutterstock)

Subway sandwiches are too sugary to legally be called bread

Rishi Sunak unveiled a new job support scheme to the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon (Getty Images)

A new emergency job saving scheme will replace furlough - here’s how it will wor...

Wetherspoons is cutting prices by 7.5% for one day - here’s when and why