London borough councils

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London borough councils are the local government authorities responsible for providing public services and administration within the individual boroughs that make up Greater London.


Statements (71)
Predicate Object
instanceOf local authority
principal council
subnational government body
appliesStatutoryFramework Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 2000
Localism Act 2011
appliesToTerritorialEntity London boroughs
budgetSource business rates
central government grants
council tax
country United Kingdom
differentFrom City of London Corporation
electionCycle every four years
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
elects councillors
executiveBody borough cabinet
follows London Government Act 1963
hasPart City of Westminster Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
London Borough of Barnet Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Bexley Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Brent Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Bromley Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Camden Council
London Borough of Croydon Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Ealing Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Enfield Council
London Borough of Hackney Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Haringey Council
London Borough of Harrow Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Havering Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Hillingdon Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Hounslow Council
London Borough of Islington Council
London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Lambeth Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Lewisham Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Merton Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Newham Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Redbridge Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council
London Borough of Southwark Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Sutton Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Waltham Forest Council NERFINISHED
London Borough of Wandsworth Council NERFINISHED
Royal Borough of Greenwich Council NERFINISHED
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council NERFINISHED
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council NERFINISHED
hasResponsibilityFor environmental health
housing services
libraries
local education services (in most boroughs)
local highways (non-strategic roads)
local planning
social services
waste collection
headOfGovernment leader of the council
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom
inception 1965
jurisdiction Greater London
languageUsed English
legislativeBody borough council
locatedIn London
numberOfMembers 32
partOf local government in London
replaced metropolitan borough councils of the County of London
municipal borough councils in Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire (within Greater London area)
seatOfGovernment individual London borough town halls
sharesPowerWith Greater London Authority


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