London facts and statistics

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• Taxicard

  In 2017/18 there were 1.25 million Taxicard journeys.

• The Overground

  There are 112 stations on the London Overground.

• The Tube

  There are 270 stations on London's tube network covering a total route of 402km (250 miles).

• London's busiest station

  Waterloo is London's busiest railway station with around 82 million passengers per year.

• Cost of education

  Just under half (47%) of all local government spending in the capital goes on education

• Fall in council tax

  Between 2010/11 and 2013/14 Council Tax charges in London fell on average by around £100, or 10 per cent in real terms

• Funding from grants

  More than half of local government funding comes from special and specific grants controlled by central government

• Funding from council tax

  Less than a fifth of all local government spending is London is funded through the council tax

• Cost of services

  Between them, London's 33 councils will spend about £15.6 billion on providing services such as education, public health, social care, waste management, housing and culture in 2013/14

• The housing gap

  There has been an increase of 540,000 households in London over ten years but only 430,000 new homes built.