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The modern council was initially called Bedford District Council from 1974 to 1975, then North Bedfordshire Borough Council from 1975 until 1992, when the current name was adopted. Until 2009 it was a lower-tier district council, with county-level services provided by Bedfordshire County Council .
The state education system for all of Bedfordshire used to be organised by Bedfordshire County Council. Unlike most of the United Kingdom, Bedfordshire County Council operated a three-tier education system arranged into lower, middle and upper schools, as recommended in the Plowden Report of 1967, although Luton continued to operate a two-tier ...
It was created in 1889 and abolished in 2009. Throughout its existence, the council was based in Bedford. Luton was a county borough independent from the county council between 1964 and 1974; Luton Borough Council became independent from the county council again in 1997 when it was made a unitary authority.
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The town hall complex continued to serve as the headquarters of Bedford Municipal Borough Council and remained the local seat of government when the enlarged Bedford District Council was formed in 1974. [10] Bedford District Council was given borough status as Bedford Borough Council in 1992, and after Bedfordshire County Council was abolished ...
The council is based at Borough Hall on Cauldwell Street on the banks of the River Great Ouse in the centre of Bedford. The building was previously known as County Hall and had been the headquarters of Bedfordshire County Council prior to 2009. The unitary authority area is divided into 28 wards for elections to the Borough Council. [11]
City councilors OK'd a 20-year tax-exemption deal Monday in committee 8-1 that will help pay for the $19.9 million redevelopment of the vacant lot into apartments. The full council will take it up ...