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Region at a glance

How London government is divided:London has 32 borough councils and the City of London Corporation. These authorities provide most local services. The Mayor of London and Greater London Authority exercise strategic London-wide functions, and the London Assembly scrutinises the Mayor. The City of London also has distinct historic governance and a separate police force.
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33 authoritiesThirty-two London boroughs plus the City of London Corporation.
1 strategic authorityThe Greater London Authority comprises the Mayor and London Assembly.
5 NHS areasNorth Central, North East, North West, South East and South West London.
2 police forcesMetropolitan Police and City of London Police.
0–25 SENDEach responsible local authority publishes a SEND Local Offer.
FOI, EIR and SARDifferent legal routes for different categories of information.

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London's 33 local authorities

Use each card to find official meetings, decisions, financial information, planning records, SEND support and complaint routes.

Local authorityCentral London

City of London

Official routes for democratic decisions, finance, planning, SEND, complaints and information rights.

Local authorityEast London

Barking & Dagenham

Official routes for democratic decisions, finance, planning, SEND, complaints and information rights.

Local authorityNorth London

Barnet

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Local authoritySouth East London

Bexley

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Local authorityNorth West London

Brent

Official routes for democratic decisions, finance, planning, SEND, complaints and information rights.

Local authoritySouth East London

Bromley

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Local authorityCentral London

Camden

Official routes for democratic decisions, finance, planning, SEND, complaints and information rights.

Local authoritySouth West London

Croydon

Official routes for democratic decisions, finance, planning, SEND, complaints and information rights.

Local authorityWest London

Ealing

Official routes for democratic decisions, finance, planning, SEND, complaints and information rights.

Local authorityNorth London

Enfield

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Local authoritySouth East London

Greenwich

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Local authorityEast London

Hackney

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Local authorityWest London

Hammersmith & Fulham

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Local authorityNorth London

Haringey

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Local authorityNorth West London

Harrow

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Local authorityEast London

Havering

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Local authorityWest London

Hillingdon

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Local authorityWest London

Hounslow

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Local authorityCentral London

Islington

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Local authorityCentral London

Kensington & Chelsea

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Local authoritySouth West London

Kingston upon Thames

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Local authoritySouth East London

Lambeth

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Local authoritySouth East London

Lewisham

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Local authoritySouth West London

Merton

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Local authorityEast London

Newham

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Local authorityEast London

Redbridge

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Local authoritySouth West London

Richmond upon Thames

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Local authoritySouth East London

Southwark

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Local authoritySouth West London

Sutton

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Local authorityEast London

Tower Hamlets

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Local authorityEast London

Waltham Forest

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Local authoritySouth West London

Wandsworth

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Local authorityCentral London

Westminster

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London-wide government and public bodies

Use these records where decisions, budgets or services operate across borough boundaries.

SEND and EHCP transparency

National statutory duties apply alongside each authority's Local Offer, SENDIASS arrangements and local processes.

Public finance, contracts and audit

Follow public money from policy approval and procurement through payment, delivery, performance and audit.

Council finance

Documents to compare

  • Revenue budget and medium-term financial strategy.
  • Capital programme and project business cases.
  • Council tax, reserves and savings plans.
  • Budget-monitoring and performance reports.
  • Statement of accounts and annual governance statement.
  • Payments to suppliers and purchasing-card records.
  • Contract register, tender notices and contract awards.
  • Senior pay, staffing structures and exit payments.
  • Audit committee and external-auditor reports.

Planning, development, housing and regeneration

London planning operates through borough decisions, the London Plan and selected mayoral powers.

Evidence

Planning application checklist

  • Application form, drawings and supporting statements.
  • Consultation responses and statutory-consultee advice.
  • Officer report, committee webcast and recorded vote.
  • Decision notice, conditions and reasons.
  • Section 106 agreement, Community Infrastructure Levy and viability evidence.
  • Enforcement history, amendments and appeal records.

Education, health, care, environment and public data

Independent sources for comparing local outcomes, performance and service quality.

Complaints, information rights and external scrutiny

Use the route that matches the information, decision or remedy you need.

Public transparency checklist

  1. Identify whether the borough, City Corporation, Mayor, GLA, TfL, MOPAC, NHS body or another organisation legally owns the decision.
  2. Search meeting papers, forward plans, delegated decisions, registers and open-data pages before making an FOI request.
  3. Save the agenda, report, appendices, meeting date, decision-maker, vote and declarations of interest.
  4. Compare the approved budget or business case with monitoring reports, actual expenditure and measured outcomes.
  5. Search the body's contract register, Contracts Finder and Find a Tender.
  6. For planning, retain the officer report, committee record, decision notice, conditions, Section 106 agreement, viability material and appeal records.
  7. Use FOI for recorded public information, EIR for environmental information and SAR for your own personal data.
  8. Request an internal review when an FOI or EIR response is incomplete, delayed or poorly reasoned.
  9. Complete the relevant complaints process before approaching an Ombudsman unless a statutory appeal route applies.
  10. Keep dated copies because online records and links can change.

EHCP accountability checklist

  1. Save evidence of the date the local authority received the assessment request.
  2. Track the six-week assessment decision and overall statutory timetable.
  3. Request all education, health, psychology and social-care advice.
  4. Ensure Section B records every identified need.
  5. Ensure Section F specifies and quantifies all special educational provision.
  6. Check health and social-care provision in Sections G, H1 and H2.
  7. Respond in writing to the draft plan and state the preferred placement.
  8. Record every occasion when provision in the final plan is not delivered.
  9. Use annual reviews to update needs, outcomes, provision and placement.
  10. Use tribunal rights for appealable decisions and complaints for delay, maladministration or service failure.
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