The ruling Labour leadership on Luton Borough Council have decided on a massive reduction in street cleansing standards for the Town. The decision will see graffiti go unremoved for days, and one in eight roads not cleaned to an acceptable level. The plans, agreed by the all-Labour Executive on a meeting on Monday 3 OctoberMonday, include: [...]
A “Whistleblower” Hotline that cost Luton residents £5,500 in 2009/10, despite not receiving a single call, has finally been phoned up! An Audit Committee told Luton Council, who run a confidential scheme for employees to report wrongdoing, to find a more cost-efficient way to operate the scheme a year ago. A year later, an annual [...]
Parking fees across Luton look set to rise substantially following a decision by the Labour Executive on Monday 12th September. Ruling Labour councillors approved a schedule of revised tariffs that will see many parking fees hiked by up to 50 percent from 1st November – with further rises due within 8 months. New fees being [...]
The European Regional Development Fund has allocated £5 million to the East of England in order to help the extension of fast broadband, especially in rural areas. This money is supplementary to that £50 million on offer from Broadband UK (BDUK) and to the commercial investment. Bids for the package have to be in soon [...]
A meeting of Luton Council’s Scrutiny Board convened to discuss the unloved Luton-Dunstable Busway was described by councillors present as a farce. Senior managers in charge of the £90M project attended to answer questions from councillors but almost no new information emerged. Fuming Liberal Democrat leader, councillor David Franks, said: “The 31st August meeting was [...]
