Bedfordshire On Sunday published Central Bedfordshire's 2017/18 budget approved despite social...

THE growing care needs of the young and elderly in Central Bedfordshire caused a political divide at a meeting to set the council's budget last night - one of the most important meetings of the year.Despite members of the full council agreeing to the Conservative party's budget for the 2017/18 financial year, which includes a 4.5 per cent increase in council tax, tensions were high as councillors hit out over plans to care for elderly residents and children in the area.Of the 4.5 per cent...