Additional funding available to support families over the Easter holidays Thursday, 28 March, 2024 Central Bedfordshire Council has been allocated almost £1.5m in Government funding to support families in the area. The funding is from the Government's Household Support Fund, which has been extended for a further six months after originally being due to end in March 2024. The funding received by the Council, of £1,483,073.82, will help support families until the end of September 2024. Over the... Local News
Primary Care Minister convenes meeting on expanding Leighton Buzzard health facilities 9th March 2023 Neil O’Brien MP, the Minister for primary care and public health, convened a meeting on the 8th of March to discuss the expansion of health facilities in... Local News
Innovative new partnership between Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue and East of England Ambulance Service 8th March 2023 South West Bedfordshire MP Andrew Selous visited Dunstable Fire Station to see the new and exciting partnership between Bedfordshire Fire Service and East... Local News
February - Monthly Local Newspaper Article 28th February 2023 Sometimes challenges seem to come all at once, and they rarely make a convenient appointment in your diary! Ever since the announcement last month that... Local News
Armed Forces Veterans Breakfast Club Houghton Regis meeting 27th February 2023 The Luton and District Armed Forces Veterans Breakfast Club, had its monthly meeting at the Chequers pub in Houghton Regis on Sunday. Territorial Army veteran... Local News
Roads and buses Minister comes to Hockliffe about average speed measures and visits site of the new A5 renewable electricity bus and EV charging station 27th February 2023 Richard Holden MP, the Minister for roads and buses came to Hockliffe on Saturday to see where the new National Highways average speed cameras will be installed... Local News
My full speech at the Westminster Hall debate on electric vehicle infrastructure 23rd February 2023 Westminster News
The Old Palace Lodge, Prime Minister’s Questions 22nd February 2023 At today’s Prime Minister’s Questions South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, raised the issue of asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels, given the... Westminster News
Ministerial meeting to prevent the deaths of further animals from fireworks. 22nd February 2023 On the 2nd of February, South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous met the minister responsible for animal welfare, Lord Richard Benyon, to urge the Government... Westminster News
Andrew Selous MP welcomes news that vulnerable residents in Central Bedfordshire will benefit from £2,966,148 through the Government’s Household Support Fund 21st February 2023 Rising prices as a result of global economic pressures including Covid-19 and Putin’s illegal war have left many families struggling. That is why the Government... Local News