The Mayor of London has placed a high priority on improving social integration, equality, diversity and inclusion, economic fairness and food security across the city. Recognising the need for better evidence in these areas to ensure that policy and programmes have maximum impact, the GLA conducted the Survey of Londoners in 2018-19, an online and paper self-completion survey of adults aged...

This work looks at the spiralling cost of living and the challenges facing Londoners including the rising poverty levels in the capital. The latest update is dated August 2022. The report and public attitudes and behaviour charts (published 1 February 2022) were republished (7 April 2022) to correct a calculation error. This error was due to manual calculation.

This report and dataset were commissioned by the Greater London Authority, and produced by Centric Lab to uncover the work of community groups that connect with environmental issues in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. These four boroughs were selected as they have some of the highest representation of multi-ethnic low income communities who were greatly affected by the coronavirus...

In May 2022, IFF Research finalised their report covering the evaluation of the Adult Education Budget (AEB) in the 2020-21 Academic Year. The evaluation highlights the Mayor’s successful management of London’s AEB in the first two years of its delegation to London through a period heavily affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

On 28 June 2022 ONS released the first results from the 2011 Census of England and Wales comprising for each local authority the estimated population at census day (21 March 2021) and the number of households. Population estimates are by five-year age band and sex. Estimates of responses rates for each local authority were also published. Read our blog post which...

The Greater London Authority’s responses to national government consultations relating to adult education, skills, and employment provision.

The Greater London Authority’s responses to national government consultations relating to adult education, skills, and employment provision.

An Integrated Water Management Plan (IWMP) for the Isle of Dogs and South Poplar Opportunity Area prepared by the Greater London Authority in partnership with LB Tower Hamlets, also encompassing the ‘East of Borough’ area adjacent to the River Lea. The IWMP considers the constraints and opportunities for sustainably managing water supply, demand and drainage in the study area in...

The Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned Learning and Work Institute to undertake a mapping exercise of social prescribing to adult education to improve Londoners’ mental health. This report focuses on how social prescribing to adult education works in London, the challenges faced and ways to improve it. The Learning the way to improve mental health and wellbeing guide accompanies...

This is a Toynbee Hall report on adult education commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) to inform the preparation of the Mayor’s Skills Roadmap for London. For this project Toynbee Hall worked with a group of peer researchers who had lived experience of being part of one or more of the priority groups identified by the GLA as having...