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The original settlement of Westminster was historically a separate urban area to the west of London, growing up around the minster church of Westminster Abbey. Westminster was an important centre of royal authority from Saxon times, and was declared a city in 1540.
From 2002 to 2009, he served in the London Borough of Bromley. [5] He then joined the Territorial Support Group, a grouping that specialises in public order and operates across Greater London. [5] In 2015, he was nominated as "best thief taker" at the Commissioner's Excellence Awards in recognition of making 150 arrests in twelve months. [6]
The nearest London Underground station is Westminster, on the District, Circle and Jubilee lines. In 2015, Parliament organised a year-long programme of events called "Parliament in the Making" to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta on 15 June, and the 750th anniversary of the first representative parliament on 20 January.
The Palace of Westminster Division (SO17) was a branch of the Specialist Operations Directorate within the Metropolitan Police Service. In accordance with a contract and Special Service Agreement with Parliament, SO17 was responsible for security at the Palace of Westminster and the rest of the Parliamentary Estate. [10]
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London . The council has been under Labour majority control since 2022.
Aerial view of the area of the Parliamentary Estate. The Parliamentary Estate is the land and buildings used by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.. The most notable part of the Parliamentary Estate is the Palace of Westminster, where the chambers of both houses of Parliament (the Commons and the Lords) are located. [1]
New Scotland Yard, formerly known as the Curtis Green Building and before that, Whitehall Police Station, [1] is a building in Westminster in Central London.Since November 2016, it has been the Scotland Yard headquarters of the Metropolitan Police (MPS), the fourth such premises since the force's foundation in 1829.
Portcullis House (PCH) is an office building in Westminster, London, England, that was commissioned in 1992 and opened in 2001 to provide offices for 213 members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and their staff. The public entrance is on the Embankment.