London Inner or London Outer Trivia Quiz

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Up to the mid 1960s, local government in London was divided into a number of different types of authority, including county boroughs, municipal boroughs, urban districts and metropolitan boroughs. Each of these had differing powers available to them, with the county boroughs effectively able to act in a similar manner to county councils, which could also delegate powers to municipal boroughs and other authorities. As a result, the various local government bodies in London had differing sets of powers that the UK government sought to reform in an effort to regularise the arrangement of local government.

In 1957, a Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London was established, reporting three years later. The Royal Commission recommended that the 86 local government areas then in existence be reduced to 52 boroughs, each with a population of between 100,000 and 250,000. In response to the recommendation, in 1961 the government instead proposed 34 boroughs instead of 52, which was further reduced to 32 in 1962. This proposal was codified in the London Government Act 1963, which not only established the new boroughs, but also created a new top tier local government body called the Greater London Council, which replaced the existing London County Council.

The new Act divided the 32 new boroughs into "Inner London" and "Outer London", with the ones classed as Outer London having powers to serve as their own education authorities, and thus have control over local education policies, while education in the Inner London boroughs was the responsibility of a single body, the Inner London Education Authority. Elections to the new boroughs were held on 7 May 1964, at which point the new boroughs served as shadow authorities, with their official establishment coming on 1 April 1965. The only local government area that was not included, and remains outside the overall local government set up in London, is the City of London, the historic centre where local government powers are held and operated by a body called the City of London Corporation.