We have reported on this website the fact that Liberal Democrat members walked out of the Council meeting on 24th July. This article is to help our readers to understand why this action was taken. During a Liberal Democrat sponsored debate on Community Cohesion a Labour councillor openly called Liberal Democrats racists and accused us [...]

When I put forward our motion on “Improving Integration and Cohesion in Luton” to the full Council meeting on Tuesday I did not expect the extraordinary reaction from Labour members that followed. The motion was our response to a government report drawn up by former Luton Chief Executive Darra Singh which recommended a number of [...]

It’s hard to remember now but four years ago Luton was a very different place. The streets were strewn with rubbish, graffiti and fly posters were everywhere and there were abandoned cars around every corner. Our parks were tatty and unkempt and the town centre had been left to decay. Liberal Democrats have cleaned up [...]

The proportion of household waste collected which is recycled has more than doubled in the four years Liberal Democrats have been running Luton Council. In March 2003 14% of all domestic waste was recycled and by September 2006 this had increased to 30%. The Council collects around 100,000 tonnes of domestic waste each year. Currently [...]

Your local Liberal Democrat councillors are aware that many local residents have concerns about the recent changes to the Council’s concessionary bus fares scheme. We thought it would be useful to explain why these changes have happened. Just before the last General Election the Government announced that it was going to introduce free bus travel [...]