Luton Borough Council (also known as LBC, or Luton Council) is the local authority of

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. It is a

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, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It is a member of the

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. It is made up of councillors from the 19 wards that the town is divided into. The current leader of the council, Hazel Simmons, is in the Labour Party.

Formation

On 1 April 1974, under the

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, the pre-existing

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was reconstituted as a

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with the same boundaries as the county borough, on 1 April 1997 Luton became a unitary authority area.

Council and cabinet

Wards

The borough is divided into 19 wards:

NHS

In July 2017 it decided to merge its health commissioning budget with the local

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, establishing an integrated commissioning committee. It is one of the first areas which the NHS has designated an

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Arms

References

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