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One of the sources referenced has been quite seriously mis-quoted, and I've had to amend it. Previously, the article read:
"Major issues
Because of high housing costs in London and the impact of welfare reforms enacted by the Coalition Government, there are many challenges for local government in London. Local Government Guru, Richard Cressey, when addressing an audience of like-minded people in 2013, asserted that such issues could not be addressed "on a borough by borough basis". Instead, Cressey argued for it to be dealt with on a "pan-London basis". Everyone else agreed."
Quite simply, the quoted reference does not say that.
The source quoted does was a round table discussion, with multiple contributors from different backgrounds.
"We're constrained in that we can only borrow against our own borough's size or scale," explained Cressey, who recommended that borrowing could be more efficient if authorities were allowed to borrow against other boroughs in accordance with their housing need. "The issue of housing is not on a borough-by-borough basis, it's on a pan-London basis," he added."
This man's comments have been attributed to a completely different subject, one that wasn't even discussed in the article quoted.
This is very, VERY serious. The article completely mis-quotes not only a source, but an individual. I'm going to assume good faith, but we all have a responsibility to ensure that Wikipedia articles are backed up by references, and that those references are quoted correctly. This was quite a lapse.
Indisciplined ( talk) 00:17, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
Outer Boroughs - these were not part of the County of London but remained in their original counties until 1965.
secretlondon, and morwen 14/9/03
Borough | Executive Party | Council make-up |
---|---|---|
Barking & Dag | Labour | 42 Lab, 4 Residents, 3 LD, 2 Con |
Barnet | Con | Lab 24, Con 33, LD 6 |
Bexley | Labour | Lab 32, Con 30, LD 1 |
Brent | Labour | Lab 35, Con 16, LD 9 |
Bromley | Con | Lab 6, Con 41, LD 13 |
Camden | Lab | 35 Lab, Con 11, LD 8 |
Croydon | Labour | Lab 37, Con 32, LD 1 |
Ealing | Labour | Lab 48, Con 17, LD 4 |
Enfield | Con | Lab 24, Con 39 |
Greenwich | Labour | Lab 38, Con 9, LD 4 |
Hackney | Labour | Lab 45, Con 9, LD 3 |
Hamm & Fulham | Labour | 28 Lab, 18 Con |
Haringey | Labour | Lab 42, LD 15 |
Harrow | Labour | Lab 31, Con 29, LD 3 |
Havering | Con | Lab 9, Con 26, LD 1, Other 18 |
Hillingdon | Con | Lab 27, Con 31, LD 7 |
Hounslow | Labour | Lab 36, Con 15, LD 5, Other 4 |
Islington | LD | 10 Lab, 38 LD, 0 Con |
Ken & Chel | Con | 42 Con, 12 Lab |
Kingston | LD | Lab 3, Con 15, LD 30 |
Lambeth | joint LD/Con | 28 LD, 28 Lab, Con 7 |
Lewisham | Labour | Lab 45, Con 2, LD 4, Other 3 |
Merton | Labour | Lab 32, Con 25, LD 0, Other 3 |
Newham | Labour | Lab 59, Other 1 |
Redbridge | Con | Lab 21, Con 33, LD 9 |
Richmond | Con | Lab 0, Con 39, LD 15 |
Southwark | LD | Lab 28, Con 5, LD 30 |
Sutton | LD | Lab 3, Con 8, LD 43 |
Tower Hamlets | Labour | Lab 35, LD 16 |
Waltham Forest | joint Labour/LD | Lab 29, Con 18, LD 13 |
Wandsworth | Con | Lab 10, Con 50 |
Westminster | Con | Lab 12, Con 48 |
Is there any way to shrink the map, or get a smaller map? The page doesn't quite fit into an 800x600 Explorer window.
Are the remaining selection of former municipal and other components going to be developed, rather than redirecting to the modern geographical places?
I will add some details as and when they are (as I "collect" historical survivals etc).
Jackiespeel 18:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Why do you Londoners need so many? New York does just fine with five of 'em! 204.52.215.107 21:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
something needs to be done —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjbb66 ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, the 'City of Westminster' has the status of London Borough - no more, no less. The same applies to the 'Royal Boroughs'. The 1965 Act makes no distinction, and the names were adopted by the new authorities from the warrants granted to prior authorities. The City of Westminster, derives its claim from privileges granted by Henry VIII; it was revived soon after it became a metropolitan borough around 1900. Most other UK cities were forced to reapply for their status in the local government reforms of 1975, but not in London - because the reorganisation had occurred ten years earlier. The City of London is the only authority with formal City status in London; and its also a ceremonial county and uniquely sui generis. ergo, the lead should read:
The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London. Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London.
If only because the sentence doesn't otherwise add up! (ie not 11 + 2 cities). Kbthompson ( talk) 17:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
According to the UK government Westminster is a city see the national archives ( 62.189.169.182 ( talk) 09:54, 7 April 2011 (UTC))
Both the City of Westminster and the City of London retain City status in the United Kingdom. 108.196.40.52 ( talk) 00:28, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
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Recently an editor, Ralbegen, created this great image File:Citywide ward results of the 2018 London local elections.svg and used it on the last two local election articles ( 2018 and 2022). There isn't really an article for the borough council elections specifically, but I think this article would be a good space to add in a gallery of images similar to this. What are other's thoughts? -- Jonjonjohny ( talk) 04:27, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
The article says there are 32 boroughs but the list contains 33. Can someone knowledgeable fix that conflict and provide the correct number (or explain the reason for such a difference). 77.57.33.67 ( talk) 15:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)Ely Asher