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Politics. v. t. e. London Councils main offices at 59½ Southwark Street, London Borough of Southwark. London Councils is the collective of local government in Greater London, England. It is a cross-party organisation that represents London's 32 borough councils and the City of London. It was formed in 1995 as a merger of the London Boroughs ...
London boroughs. The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at the same time as Greater London on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act ...
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council: Labour: Town Hall, 1 Town Square 13.93 sq mi (36.1 km 2) 219,992 25 Barnet: Barnet London Borough Council: Labour: 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale 33.49 sq mi (86.7 km 2) 389,101
Local government in Greater London, England takes place in two tiers; an upper tier and a lower tier. The upper tier authority is the Greater London Authority (GLA), controlled by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The lower tier authorities are the 32 borough councils and the City of London Corporation in the City of London.
The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965. [9] The council's full legal name is "The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Harrow". [10] From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the ...
The council's full legal name is "The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Bromley". [10] From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as ...
The larger London Borough of Southwark and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [6] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the metropolitan borough councils of Southwark, Bermondsey and Camberwell.
Lambeth London Borough Council. Lambeth London Borough Council, which styles itself Lambeth Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Lambeth in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of the 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2006. The council meets at Lambeth Town Hall ...