Michael Headley to fight for Bedford as the Liberal Democrat candidate

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Tue 8th May 2001

Michael Headley will fight the Bedford and Kempston Seat at the forthcoming election, and is delighted to be fighting for local people to get a better deal. "Labour have failed Bedford, and should never be forgiven for that." said Michael as he launched the Lib Dem campaign."Bedford needs real investment in its hospitals - so "morgue" stories like those last year NEVER occur again. It needs to see more investment in local schools. And it needs to see more police to tackle crime and more money for local pensioners to have a decent standard of living. Last time Labour promised so much - and they're still promising, whilst local services get no better." Michael added "As for the Tories, People in Bedford remember how awful they were last time, devastating local services. In Bedford the Liberal Democrats are the strong challengers to Labour. The Conservatives are in disarray with their party splitting in two. They only have 2 councillors in the whole of Bedford & Kempston." "I'm delighted that the Liberal Democrats have got more investments for hospitals, schools, tackling crime and more money for pensioners at the heart of their manifesto. And as a local resident, I can see the effect those policies would have here, in Bedford."