Further out were a mix of county and municipal boroughs and urban districts which all had different functions and responsibilities. The Herbert commission proposed 52 greater London boroughs with a ...

At least, you won't find it on the map of ceremonial counties. The authority and its territory disappeared in 1965, when the area was absorbed into the freshly minted Greater London. Nobody pays ...

as well as Greater London, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. But plenty of areas look set to escape the brunt. Counties which could be spared include Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire ...