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At the Luton 150 celebration event last week, Luton Council leader Councillor Hazel Simmons MBE announced a year-long programme of celebratory events.

The start of construction of a landmark project that will transform a key gateway into Luton town centre has been marked with a groundbreaking ceremony.

Luton Trading Standards are continuing to crack down on the sale of illicit vapes, cigarettes and tobacco from ‘fake shops’ across the town.

Twenty-five non-Muslim Luton Council officers and councillors abstained from food and drink from dawn to sunset on Tuesday 3 March in a powerful show of solidarity, respect and friendship with Muslim colleagues observing Ramadan.

Voters in Wigmore Ward will head to the polls on Thursday 2 April 2026 to elect a new councillor.

Luton Council has approved its budget for 2026/27.