The link with the poor law union continued, with all the elected councillors of the rural district council being ex officio members of the Luton Board of Guardians.

[5][6] On 1 April 1928 the parishes of Leagrave and Limbury were abolished, being absorbed into the borough of Luton.

In 1939 the council moved to 42 Bute Street in the centre of Luton, holding its meetings there from September 1939.

[11] In 1967 the council moved to new purpose-built offices on Sundon Road in Houghton Regis.

The Sundon Road offices were demolished and Hammersmith Close built on the site.