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Plaistow (/ ˈ p l ɑː s t oʊ / ⓘ PLAHST-oh or / ˈ p l æ s t oʊ / PLAST-oh) [1] [2] is a suburban area of East London, England, within the London Borough of Newham. It adjoins Upton Park to the north, East Ham to the east, Beckton to the south, Canning Town to the south-west and West Ham to the west.
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
In the financial year 2019/20, local authorities received 22% of their funding from grants, 52% from council tax and 27% from retained business rates. [61] In the financial year 2023/24, 51% of revenue expenditure is expected to come from UK Government grants, 31% from council tax and 15% from retained business rates. [27]
Toggle Newham council elections since 2022 subsection. 1.1 2023 by-election. 1.2 2022 election. ... Plaistow North is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Newham.
A cash-strapped council is pursuing unpaid council tax from 1998 and the number of residents who received bailiffs visits over unpaid bills has gone up by more than 200%, data has shown ...
The name Newham reflects its creation and combines the compass points of the old borough names. Situated in the Inner London part of East London, Newham has a population of 387,576, which is the fourth highest of the London boroughs and also makes it the 26th most populous district in England. The local authority is Newham London Borough Council.
London Borough of Newham: Status: Civil parish (until 1965) Local board of health district (1856–1886) Municipal borough (1886–1889) County borough (1889–1965) Government: West Ham Local Board (1856–1886) West Ham Borough Council (1886–1965) • HQ: Town Hall, Broadway, Stratford (1869–1965) • Motto: Deo Confidimus (We trust in God)
The school was founded by West Ham Council in 1921 as Livingstone Day Continuation Institute, in Balaam Street Congregational schoolroom. It relocated a few times, was briefly absorbed into North West Ham Technical School after World War II, and was successively renamed as Lister Day-Continuation Institute (1933), Lister Technical School (1956), Lister Comprehensive (1972) and finally Lister ...