London’s workforce exposure to generative artificial intelligence April 30th, 2026 by Jeff Dwan-O Reilly Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is evolving quickly, with the potential to reshape London’s labour market. But its overall impact on employment remains uncertain. This supplement summaries the findings of recent GLA Economics research into the topic. Introduction How will artificial intelligence change London’s labour market? In a new GLA Economics Working Paper, ‘London’s workforce exposure…
London’s Economy Today editorial – December 2025 December 18th, 2025 by Daryl Rozario, Jubair Ahmed, Gordon Douglass, and Sixia Zhang UK GDP shrinks in October Data published this month by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK economy contracted in October. Output fell by 0.1% in the three months to October 2025 after growing by 0.1% in the three months to September (Figure 1). This was the first fall in three-monthly GDP…
The State of London Report 2025 July 31st, 2025 by Simon Webster In June 2025, the GLA’s City Intelligence Unit released the sixth edition of its State of London report, a wide-ranging statistical publication presenting a comprehensive overview of London’s current economic and social conditions. Drawing from over 100 datasets across 11 policy domains, the report tracks key indicators that underpin the work of the Mayor, the…
London macroeconomic scenarios (June 2025 update) June 26th, 2025 by Ali Ögcem GLA Economics published its latest macroeconomic scenarios-based forecast for London on 19th June. The two main outcome variables are real Gross Value Added (GVA) – a measure of London’s output – and workforce jobs (WFJ) – a measure of employment. We project both variables over the medium term (to the end of 2027). Further, we…
London’s Economy Today editorial – December 2024 December 19th, 2024 by Daryl Rozario, Ali Ögcem, Gordon Douglass, and Sixia Zhang UK GDP falls unexpectedly in October The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published data for UK GDP growth in October. This data showed that UK output unexpectedly shrank in October with GDP dropping by 0.1% compared to a month earlier (Figure 1). Figure 1: Contributions to monthly UK GD) growth, October 2023 to October 2024…
Detailed employee jobs report – 2022 (summer 2024 update) July 31st, 2024 by Yiqiao Chen The total number of employee jobs in London rose steeply in 2022 as the capital recovered from the pandemic, adding 297,500 jobs (6%) in the year to reach 5,595,000. That was also well above the pandemic peak of 5,239,000 in 2019 (7%). This blog delves into the detailed data based on the ONS’ Business Register…
How can we measure the number of green jobs? October 20th, 2023 by Monet Durieux Introduction This blog explores the recently released experimental estimates of green jobs produced for the first time by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in September 2023. Tracking the number of green jobs is important. The Mayor of London has set a target for London to achieve net zero carbon by 2030. This transition to…
Monitoring the employment impact of mayoral programmes and initiatives – report summary May 18th, 2023 by Abigail Lyons When the Mayor was re-elected in May 2021, he stated that “protecting, preserving and helping to create jobs will be my economic priority”. GLA Economics have therefore produced a report to monitor the employment impact of programmes and initiatives over the mayoral term. Estimates suggest that over the mayoral term (since 2016), the mayor has…
Quality of jobs for London workers January 26th, 2023 by Ammar Ljubijankić Kutasi, Economist The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published an analysis of Job quality in the UK with a range of indicators showing different aspects of job quality at UK and subnational level.[1] London stood out in the data in a number of dimensions. Suggesting a good quality of jobs, workers living in London reported…
London macroeconomic scenarios (August 2022 update) August 25th, 2022 by James Watson GLA Economics published its latest macroeconomic scenarios-based forecast for London on 25 August[1]. The two main outcome variables are real Gross Value Added (GVA) – a measure of London’s output – and workforce jobs (WFJ) – a measure of employment. We project both variables over the medium term (to the end of 2024) and we…
