What is London County Council?
[[Image:EnglandLondon1890.png|thumb|County of London]] [[Image:CountyLondon.svg|thumb|150px|The arms of the '''London County Council''' are still seen today on buildings, especially housing, from that era]] '''London County Council (LCC)''' was the principal local government body for the [[County of London]], during its whole existence (1889-1965), and the first London-wide general municipal authority that was directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the [[Greater London Council]]. The LCC was the largest, most significant and ambitious municipal authority of its day.<ref>Saint, A.,'' Politics and the people of London: the London County Council (1889-1965)'', (1989)</ref> ==History== The creation of the LCC in 1889, as part of the [[Local Government Act 1888]], was forced by a succession of scandals involving the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]] (MBW), its predecessor, which had not been directly elected. While the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government of the day would have preferred not to create a single body covering the whole of London, their election promise to the [[Liberal Unionists]] led them to this policy. A later Government created the 28 [[metropolitan borough]]s as lower tier authorities to replace the various local authorities in 1899; they assumed some powers of the LCC and shared others. The LCC inherited the powers of its predecessor the MBW, but also had wider authority over matters such as [[education]], [[city planning]] and [[council housing]]. It took over the functions of the [[London School Board]] in 1903, and Dr [[C W Kimmins]] was appointed chief inspector of the education department in 1904. ==References== <references/> {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Local government in London]] [[Category:1889 establishments in England]] [[Category:1965 disestablishments in England]]