Second job holders in London April 24th, 2025 by Yiqiao Chen More than 200,000 Londoners had more than one job in 2024 – about 4% of those in employment. Multiple job holding has become more common over the past decade, growing from 147,000 (3.6% of London’s workforce) in 2014 to 201,000 (4.3%) in 2024. Cost-of-living pressures, greater working flexibility, and the expansion of the gig economy…
London’s Economy Today editorial – April 2025 April 24th, 2025 by Daryl Rozario, Ali Ögcem, Gordon Douglass, Jubair Ahmed, and Sixia Zhang UK GDP grew strongly in February The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has this month published data for UK GDP growth in February. This data showed that UK output grew quite strongly in February, with GDP rising by 0.5% compared to a month earlier (Figure 1). This compares to zero growth in January, which was…
Local data sharing: what has worked well, and what challenges do we still see in London? April 4th, 2025 by Martine Wauben, Head of Data for London, GLA Blog 4 for the 15-year anniversary of the London Datastore: Celebrating London’s Data Story London is a wonderful, but complex ecosystem. Almost no city challenge can be solved by any one organisation on their own. That’s why the Greater London Authority emphasises partnership working and collaboration in all we do. Where the solution to a…
Investment in London: The Devil in the Detail March 27th, 2025 by Adam Yousef, Senior Manager London is commonly perceived as an ‘investment magnet’ not just by the UK but also by global standards. While this is true to a certain extent, it masks the devil in the detail, which is that this idea does not always hold. In this supplement, we look specifically at London’s investment performance – how it…
London’s Economy Today editorial – March 2025 March 27th, 2025 by Daryl Rozario, Gordon Douglass, Jubair Ahmed, and Sixia Zhang Chancellor delivers Spring Statement On 26 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered the 2025 Spring Statement which had a heavy focus on improving government efficiency and increasing spending on defence. The Chancellor thus announced the creation of a £3.25bn Transformation Fund “to support the fundamental reform of public services, seize the opportunities…
Data as a driver for innovation March 21st, 2025 by Macarena Plaza Helguero and Hong Chen, GLA Blog 3: Celebrating London’s data story The evolution of the Infrastructure Mapping Application (IMA) Toolbox and its role in the planning and delivery of infrastructure across London London’s infrastructure landscape is as complex as the city itself. With nearly nine million residents spread across 33 boroughs, our capital relies on a highly complex network of…
London Building Stock Model 2 March 19th, 2025 by Paul Hodgson, City Data, GLA Blog 2: Celebrating London’s data story Introduction Nearly two-thirds of London’s CO2 emissions come from buildings, with domestic buildings being a major contributor at 32%. Delivering retrofit to domestic buildings at scale and targeted to the most-effective types of building is therefore a key route to net zero. A joint study with London Councils identified…
15 years of the London Datastore March 18th, 2025 by Luke Marshall-Waterfield, Interim Chief Digital Officer for London Blog 1: Celebrating London’s data story This year we’re celebrating the 15-year anniversary of the London Datastore with a series of blogs on what we’ve learned about open data and data sharing. Over the coming weeks we’ll be looking back at what we’ve learned, and how important a role data has played in telling the…
In-work poverty in London – An overview of trends and drivers, 1996-2023 March 17th, 2025 by Guillaume Paugam 1 Introduction In London, 2.2 million people were in relative poverty according to the latest data for 2020/21-2022/23 – meaning that 24% of the capital’s residents lived in households with less than 60% of UK median income.[1] This was higher than the UK-wide rate of 22%. At that time, many labour market indicators in London…
Long-term sickness and the London labour market February 27th, 2025 by Guillaume Paugam 1 Introduction The link between long-term sickness and labour market participation has become a prominent issue among UK policymakers since economic inactivity due to ill-health rose following the pandemic.[1] The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed that, in the 12 months to September 2024, 2.5m people were inactive because of long-term sickness in…
London’s Economy Today editorial – February 2025 February 27th, 2025 by Daryl Rozario, Ali Ögcem, Gordon Douglass, and Sixia Zhang UK sees slow growth at the end of 2024 The UK economy grew in the final quarter of 2024 according to data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in February 2025. This showed that real GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in Q4 2024, after not growing at all in Q3…
Green apprenticeships in London January 30th, 2025 by Ruth Moxon, Economist The Mayor has pledged to work with London’s employers to create high-quality jobs and apprenticeships.[1] He has also set a target for London to be net zero carbon by 2030, in which apprenticeships are seen as important pathways to develop the skills to achieve this.[2] This blog summarises some of our recent analysis around green…
London’s Economy Today editorial – January 2025 January 30th, 2025 by Daryl Rozario, Ali Ögcem, Gordon Douglass and Sixia Zhang UK inflation slows marginally in December Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation slowed in December, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). CPI inflation rose by 2.5% in the 12 months to December 2024, down from 2.6% in the 12 months to November (Figure 1). Figure 1: This drop in inflation had…
Recent migration trends in the UK and London January 30th, 2025 by Veronica Tuffrey, Senior Analyst, City Intelligence Unit Last November the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released statistics about net migration into the UK (ONS, 28/11/24) that provoked much media interest (for example BBC). This blog is intended to provide context to these statistics with respect to London. The first four sections present UK data, the fifth examines the available data at London…
