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The ODPM proposed in 2006, as part of other transfers of powers to the Greater London Authority, to give it a waste function.The Mayor of London has made repeated attempts to bring the different waste authorities together, to form a single waste authority in London similar to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority which deals with waste from all households in Greater Manchester.
The council's full legal name is "The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Bexley". [10] Prior to 2007 the council branded itself "Bexley Council", which name is still commonly used for it. [11] [12] From 1965 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater London Council. The split ...
It is a recent organisation, having been set up in 2000 to replace the similar Greater London Council (GLC) which had been abolished in 1986. [1] The headquarters of the GLA and the mayor of London is at City Hall. The current mayor of London is Sadiq Khan who was elected in 2016, replacing Boris Johnson, who served two terms.
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The London Borough of Bexley (/ ˈ b ɛ k s l i / ⓘ) is a London borough in south-east London, forming part of Outer London.It has a population of 248,287. The main settlements are Sidcup, Erith, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Welling and Old Bexley.
The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the London borough councils responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection.
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The parish of Bexley adopted the Local Government Act 1858 in 1880, and a local board of 15 members was formed to govern the area. [3] The local board established offices at Oxford Place, High Street, Bexley. [4] The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the local board's area as an urban district. [5] Bexley Urban District Council replaced ...