Editing Inner London (section)

===London Government Act 1963===
The "Inner [[London boroughs]]" were defined by the [[London Government Act 1963]].<ref>Office of Public Sector Information – [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1963/cukpga_19630033_en_1 London Government Act 1963 (c.33) (as amended)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530162414/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1963/cukpga_19630033_en_1 |date=2008-05-30 }}</ref> The Inner London boroughs occupied the same area as the County of London that was abolished as they were created. [[North Woolwich]] was an anomaly as it was part of the County of London, but became part of an Outer London borough.

The main difference between Inner and Outer London boroughs between 1965 and 1990 was that the councils of the inner boroughs were not local education authorities and there was a single [[Inner London Education Authority]] for the area, including the [[City of London]]. The inner borough councils became local education authorities on 1 April 1990.

The statutory definition is used as part of the grant settlement used to finance local government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/stats/lgfs/2005/lgfs16/h/lgfs16/images/maps/a1f.gif |title=Local authority lower tier boundaries – Greater London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531090835/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/stats/lgfs/2005/lgfs16/h/lgfs16/images/maps/a1f.gif |archive-date=2010-05-31 }}</ref>

The statutory Inner London boroughs are:

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* [[London Borough of Camden|Camden]]
* [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich]]
* [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]]
* [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|Hammersmith and Fulham]]
* [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]]
* [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]
* [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]]
* [[London Borough of Lewisham|Lewisham]]
* [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]]
* [[London Borough of Tower Hamlets|Tower Hamlets]]
* [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]]
* [[City of Westminster|Westminster]]{{div col end}}

[[Newham London Borough Council]] argues that the municipality should be treated as part of Inner London for statutory purposes, as it is for statistical purposes (see below).<ref name=newham/> This would benefit the borough financially. Only the North Woolwich area of Newham fell within the former [[County of London]], however, and the council's advocacy has not borne fruit.

The [[City of London]] was not designated as an Inner London borough, but the [[Corporation of London]] is usually classed as an inner London local authority.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/londonfacts/londonlocalgovernment/londonboroughs.htm |title=List of inner/outer London boroughs |publisher=[[London Councils]] |access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122151507/http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/londonfacts/londonlocalgovernment/londonboroughs.htm |archive-date=22 January 2014 }}</ref>