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The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district [note 1] that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world. [2]
A penalty notice issued by local authority parking attendants is a civil penalty backed with powers to obtain payment by civil action and is defined as a penalty charge notice (PCN), distinguishing it from other FPNs which are often backed with a power of criminal prosecution if the penalty is not paid; in the latter case the "fixed penalty" is ...
The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the local authority of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.
In 1995, the London Congestion Research Programme concluded that the city's economy would benefit from a congestion charge scheme, [61] the Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 required local authorities to study and reduce traffic volumes [62] and any future London mayors were given the power to introduce "Road user charging" by the Greater London ...
The 2025 City of London Corporation election will take place on 19–20 March 2025 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. This election will be held in the same year as the 2025 United Kingdom local elections, though it is held several months earlier than most other local elections.
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]
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,866,180 in 2022. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million.
The Corporation of the City of London has a full achievement of armorial bearings consisting of a shield on which the arms are displayed, a crest displayed on a helmet above the shield, supporters on either side and a motto displayed on a scroll beneath the arms. [1] [2] [3] The blazon of the arms is as follows: [1] [2] [3]