14 Facts About London Corporation

The "Liberties and Customs" of the City of London Corporation are guaranteed in Magna Carta's clause 13, which remains in statute.

The City of London Corporation has been granted various special privileges since the Norman Conquest, and the Corporation's first recorded royal charter dates from around 1067, when William the Conqueror granted the citizens of London a charter confirming the rights and privileges that they had enjoyed since the time of Edward the Confessor.

City of London Corporation had its privileges stripped by a writ quo warranto under Charles II in 1683, but they were later restored and confirmed by Act of Parliament under William III and Mary II in 1690, after the Glorious Revolution.

In January 1898, the Common Council gained the full right to collect local rates when the City of London Sewers Act 1897 transferred the powers and duties of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London to the Corporation.

The individual commissioners were previously nominated by the London Corporation, but it was a separate body.

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London Corporation is unique among British local authorities for its continuous legal existence over many centuries, and for having the power to alter its own constitution, which is done by an Act of Common Council.

City of London Corporation was not reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, because it had a more extensive electoral franchise than any other borough or city; in fact, it widened this further with its own equivalent legislation allowing one to become a freeman without being a liveryman.

The City of London Corporation Act 2002 greatly increased the business franchise, allowing many more businesses to be represented.

Under section 5 of the City of London Corporation Act 2002, the following are eligible to be appointed as voters :.

City of London Corporation is divided into twenty-five wards, each of which is an electoral division, electing one alderman and a number of councilmen based on the size of the electorate.

The "Court" is the primary decision-making body of the City of London Corporation and meets nine times per year, though most of its work is carried out by committees.

Work of the City of London Corporation is primarily carried out through a range of committees:.

City of London Corporation has a single primary school, The Aldgate School, which is voluntary aided by the Church of England and maintained by the Education Service of the City of London Corporation.

In December 2012, following criticism that it was insufficiently transparent about its finances, the City of London Corporation revealed that its "City's Cash" account – an endowment fund built up over the past 800 years that it says is used "for the benefit of London as a whole" – holds more than £1.