In the next financial year (from April 2025 until March 2026), the council expects to be spending around £287.7m on services across Central Bedfordshire, such as refuse collection and recycling, leisure, libraries, parks, planning, parking, licensing, trading standards, public health, and social care services. This is known as the revenue budget and is mainly funded through Council Tax and business rates.
You can see how the council planned to spend your Council Tax for 2024/25 below.
Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of the council’s revenue budget is spent on services for children or care services for those who are elderly, disabled or vulnerable.