Local government in London

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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.[1]

Upper tier

The

City Hall. The current Mayor of London is Sadiq Khan who was elected in 2016, replacing Boris Johnson
, who served two terms.

Health services in London are managed by the national government through the National Health Service, which is controlled and administered in London by a single strategic health authority called NHS London.[2]

Timeline for leaders of London-wide government

Timeline

Sadiq KhanBoris JohnsonKen LivingstoneKen LivingstoneHorace CutlerReg GoodwinDesmond PlummerBill Fiske, Baron Fiske

Lower tier

The 33 local authorities are the 32

London borough councils and the City of London Corporation.[1] They are responsible for local services not overseen by the GLA, such as local planning, schools, social services, local roads and refuse collection. The London boroughs each have a council made up from representatives from political parties and single issue organisations
elected every four years by local residents

The

Metropolitan Police Service which covers the rest of Greater London. Within the City of London are two liberties, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, which are local authorities for most purposes to the present day.[3]

City of LondonCity of WestminsterKensington and ChelseaHammersmith and FulhamWandsworthLambethSouthwarkTower HamletsHackneyIslingtonCamdenBrentEalingHounslowRichmond upon ThamesKingstonMertonSuttonCroydonBromleyLewishamGreenwichBexleyHaveringBarking and DagenhamRedbridgeNewhamWaltham ForestHaringeyEnfieldBarnetHarrowHillingdon
  1. City of London
  2. City of Westminster
  3. Kensington and Chelsea
  4. Hammersmith and Fulham
  5. Wandsworth
  6. Lambeth
  7. Southwark
  8. Tower Hamlets
  9. Hackney
  10. Islington
  11. Camden
  12. Brent
  13. Ealing
  14. Hounslow
  15. Richmond
  16. Kingston
  17. Merton
  18. Sutton
  19. Croydon
  20. Bromley
  21. Lewisham
  22. Greenwich
  23. Bexley
  24. Havering
  25. Barking and Dagenham
  26. Redbridge
  27. Newham
  28. Waltham Forest
  29. Haringey
  30. Enfield
  31. Barnet
  32. Harrow
  33. Hillingdon

Civil parishes

The

parish councils) within London boroughs, if local residents request their creation through a petition. Prior to this, civil parishes were not permitted within Greater London.[4][5] However, only one civil parish has been created within London at Queen's Park in 2014.[6] The vast majority of London is unparished
.

References

  1. ^ a b c History and general information. Archived 2008-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  2. ^ Strategic Health Authorities > Map Search {London} Archived 2006-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, National Health Service. Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
  3. ^ Middle Temple Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine as a local authority
  4. ^ Sandford, Mark (15 May 2015). "Parish and town councils: recent issues". House of Commons Library. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. ISBN 978-1-4098-2421-3. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  6. ^ "Queen's Park parish gets go-ahead". BBC News. 29 May 2012.
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