Support with the cost of living
Household budgets are being squeezed more and more as energy, fuel, inflation and food prices continue to rise. It’s important everyone knows how to access the benefits, payments and support options available.
How can we help you today?
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Waste and recycling
- Bins and waste collections
- Household Waste Recycling Centres (Tidy tips)
- Garden waste subscription service
- Order bins and sacks
- Report a missed bin collection
- Recycling different types of waste
- Bulky waste collections
- Reuse shop at Thorn Turn
- Report fly-tipping
- Bottle and textile banks
- Clinical waste
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Housing
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Planning
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Council Tax
- My Account - manage Council Tax online
- Pay Council Tax online
- Pay Council Tax by Direct Debit
- Find your Council Tax band
- Council Tax charges - check how much you will pay
- Council Tax discounts and exemptions
- Moving home - changes to Council Tax
- Council Tax band changes
- Pay Council Tax by telephone
- Completion Notices and Council Tax on new properties
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Transport, roads and parking
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Support with the cost of living
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Ukraine - sponsors and Ukrainian guests
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Schools and education
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Jobs, skills and adult learning
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Registration and Coroner
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Benefits
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Health and social care
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Leisure and countryside
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About your council
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Children and young people
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Environmental services
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Business
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Community safety
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Self service
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Pay online - pay a bill
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Featured information
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Arts and Culture Strategy
Have your say on our Arts and Culture Strategy for 2024 to 2029
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Summer Reading Challenge 2024
Children can unleash their creativity with this year's Summer Reading Challenge “Marvellous Makers” which launches in libraries on 19 July.
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Young person's bus card
Find out how to get around for £1 by bus, if you're under 19.
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Your chance to shape the future of transport in Central Bedfordshire
Anyone who moves around, or in and out of, Central Bedfordshire is being asked about how they travel, what they think and feel about it, and what they think our priorities should be over the next 10 to 15 years
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Garden waste subscription service
Sign up today for your garden waste subscription service
Latest news
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More than 150 highway improvement schemes planned across Central Bedfordshire
Friday, 24 May 2024
We've released our Highways Annual Plan for 2024/25 featuring over 150 improvement schemes throughout Central Bedfordshire.
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Grants boost town centres and high street revitalisation
Monday, 15 July 2024
Five town centres in Central Bedfordshire will receive a boost from the council’s allocation of over £450,000 from its UK Shared Prosperity and DEFRA Rural England Prosperity Funds.
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Grants boost town centres and high street revitalisation
Monday, 15 July 2024
Five town centres in Central Bedfordshire will receive a boost from the Council’s allocation of over £450,000 from its UK Shared Prosperity and DEFRA Rural England Prosperity Funds.
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Launch of new young person’s card means 18s and under can ‘get around for a Pound’ in Central Bedfordshire and beyond
Monday, 8 July 2024
Using buses in Central Bedfordshire is set to be even more affordable with the launch of a new £1 maximum single fare for anyone aged 18 and under.