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26 March 2026

Council responds to Mount Vernon Cancer Centre consultation

The Leader of Luton Council, Councillor Hazel Simmons, and Councillor Richard Underwood, Chair of the Scrutiny Health and Social Care Review Group, have sent the council’s response to the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre consultation. Proposals include moving the centre to a new facility next to Watford General Hospital and adding a radiotherapy unit at either Luton and Dunstable University Hospital or the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

24 March 2026

Start using food waste caddies ahead of new collections in Luton

Residents in Luton are being encouraged to start using their food waste caddies ahead of weekly collections beginning next week (Tuesday 31 March).

25 March 2026

Luton Council reports progress in reducing rough sleeping and homelessness

Luton Council is making strong progress in tackling homelessness, with record levels of prevention and major reductions in temporary accommodation and rough sleeping.

22 November 2023

Luton food business owner prosecuted for poor hygiene conditions

A Luton food business has been prosecuted by the council for food hygiene and rodent infestation offences.

21 November 2023

Seizure of illegal vapes from Luton shop

Following an investigation by Luton Trading Standards, Vape Broski Limited of Dunstable Road in Luton and its Director have been prosecuted for possessing and selling illegal vapes.

20 November 2023

Commitment to improving life chances for Luton’s care leavers

“We didn’t choose how we were raised. We didn’t expect the life we had before we were taken away. We didn’t chose the pain and heartbreak we had growing up."

17 November 2023

Council commits to tackling domestic violence

On Tuesday 14 November Luton Council unanimously adopted a motion proposed by Councillor Maria Lovell MBE, stating Luton should be a town where all children, young people and adults can live free of the fear of domestic violence and abuse in all forms.

15 November 2023

Cracking down on illicit tobacco with largest seizure by Luton Trading standards

The largest seizure to date was made following evidence that illicit tobacco and non-duty paid cigarettes was being stored at premises in Luton.

13 November 2023

A major new knife crime campaign telling the story of a Bedfordshire mum whose teenage son was stabbed to death is being launched across the county.

AJ and Roseann’s story is now being told in a short film commissioned by the Bedfordshire Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU), which will form the centrepiece of the VERU’s new Just Drop It campaign.

13 November 2023

Winter is on the way and we are ready!

With the clocks recently changing, and with darker nights and colder days, the council is gearing up its winter service plans to keep the roads moving.

The fleet of gritters are ready for when icy conditions are forecast and the temperature plummets with crews prepared to salt over 140 miles of Luton’s roads to help prevent icy patches or snow from forming. That’s more than 1,400 tonnes of salt on our roads – equivalent to the weight of 350 hippos. Information from weather recording stations is assessed and if there is a risk of ice, Luton’s gritting fleet will set out.

9 November 2023

Featured articles

Council responds to Mount Vernon Cancer Centre consultation

Start using food waste caddies ahead of new collections in Luton

Luton Council reports progress in reducing rough sleeping and homelessness

Luton food business owner prosecuted for poor hygiene conditions

Seizure of illegal vapes from Luton shop

Commitment to improving life chances for Luton’s care leavers

Council commits to tackling domestic violence

Cracking down on illicit tobacco with largest seizure by Luton Trading standards

A major new knife crime campaign telling the story of a Bedfordshire mum whose teenage son was stabbed to death is being launched across the county.

Winter is on the way and we are ready!

Luton's War on Waste - fly-tipper caught and prosecuted

Town leaders come together at knife crime summit

Luton restaurant owner fined for hygiene offences

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