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Inclusive Talent Strategy Supporting Evidence
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated 8 months ago
The Inclusive Talent Strategy (ITS) sets out our vision for a fairer, more inclusive approach to workforce development across London. To ensure the strategy is grounded in robust insight and reflects the voices of Londoners and businesses, we have compiled a comprehensive set of supporting materials on this page. Evidence Base: The detailed evidence base draws on a wide range...
London Multiply Programme
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added 11 months ago
The Multiply Programme, announced by the then Chancellor in 2021, was a three-year adult learning programme with an objective to increase functional numeracy levels within the adult population across the UK. The city’s wide skills disparity, combined with its population density, resulted in a total Multiply funding allocation for the GLA of £41m for the programme duration of September 2022...
London Learner Survey
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated 12 months ago
From 1 August 2019, the Secretary of State for Education delegated responsibility for the commissioning, delivery and management of London’s Adult Education Budget (AEB) to the Mayor of London.The AEB helps Londoners to get the skills they need to progress both in life and work. The overarching aim of London’s AEB is to make adult education in London even more...
London Workplace Zone Classification
Census Information Scheme
Updated about 1 year ago
The London Workplace Zone Classification (LWZC) uses data from 2011 census and other sources to segment London’s workplace zones into categories based on workers’ and businesses’ characteristics.A total of 92 variables were used to classify the 8,154 workplace zones in London.A list of workplace zones by LWZC Group and Sub group can be found in LWZC Classification.xls and underlying data...
Youth Systems Map
GLA Civil Society and Sport
Updated about 1 year ago
The GLA Civil Society and Sport Unit Youth Team have commissioned London Metropolitan University Centre for Applied Research in Empowering Society (CARES) team to undertake research into the challenges that young Londoners face, to help shape the GLA’s holistic approach to empowering the voice of young Londoners.The project involves reviewing evidence gathered by the GLA to map out the ecosystem...
Labour Market Analysis of London’s Priority Sectors
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated about 1 year ago
Overview This page presents a labour market analysis related to the Mayor of London’s priority sectors, as identified in the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP). Each report (found below) explores a different economic sector in detail by bringing together data from a wide range of sources.By offering insights into both current and historical trends, the analysis helps contextualise how each...
In-work poverty in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated about 1 year ago
This work looks at in-work poverty in London between 1996 and 2023. It provides an overview of the links between working-age poverty and employment participation at the individual and household levels in the capital. Some key findings include: Poverty has changed. There are now more people in poverty in London who are in a working family than in a workless...
Good Work for All programme deep dive
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 1 year ago
In 2021, in the midst of a pandemic, which had profound and often tragic impact on the lives of Londoners, the Greater London Authority (GLA), launched Good Work for All (GWfA) programme to prioritise training, education, and employability support that enabled Londoners to gain relevant skills, retrain, and move into good work in sectors key to London’s recovery.The GLA have...
Long-term sickness and the London labour market
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added over 1 year ago
Post-pandemic concerns about rising rates of long-term sickness among working-age people have been recognised across the UK. But how severe is this issue in London and who is most affected? GLA Economics has published a new working paper that provides up-to-date analysis and data with key findings including: London faces a long-term sickness challenge. 920,000, or 15%, of working-age Londoners,...
GLA Adult Education Budget
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 1 year ago
From 1 August 2019, the Secretary of State for Education delegated responsibility for the commissioning, delivery, and management of London’s Adult Education Budget (AEB) to the Mayor of London.In early 2020, the AEB Mayoral Board agreed that AEB programme data should be published following the Department for Education’s Further Education and Skills data publication and in line with the UK...
