内容摘要：The centres require "significant investment", consultation documents said, and there are currently 70 staff vacancies.

The centres require "significant investment", consultation documents said, and there are currently 70 staff vacancies.

from EWR about the project.The line will run between Cambridge and Oxford, travelling through Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and the section between Oxford and Bletchley is due to open this year.

The government has saidCompensation has been promised for land and property owners affected by the construction.But resident Rosie Mitchell and her husband John - who were at the meeting - said potential buyers had lost interest in their property when they realised where they were located in the town.

"[The council] seem to be just accepting far too much on face value, rather than trying to put the case for the people of Bedford," said Ms Mitchell, who said the local authority should be "pushing things" on behalf of residents.Gerry Sansom, from campaign group CPRE Bedfordshire, said the council's response to the consultation was "very disappointing".

The council had the opportunity "to look carefully at the impact of going through the centre of Bedford" and impacting on properties, he said.

Independent councillor Nicola Gribble, who is also the environment portfolio holder on the council, wanted the local authority to "rescind it support for the currently proposed route"."The US administration respect and understand that we have high standards to support British farming, and to support British consumers, and we're not going to be relaxing those standards," she said.

Many American farmers use growth hormones as a standard part of their beef production, something that was banned in the UK and the European Union in the 1980s.The US has previously pushed for a relaxation of rules for its agricultural products, including beef from cattle that have been given growth hormones.

Farmers in the UK warned ministers last week not to dilute British food standards, saying the use of hormones in rearing livestock cannot be accepted.Shadow chancellor Mel Stride said the Conservatives would "expect" Reeves to stick to agricultural standards "but let's see the detail as and when there is a deal".