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Greater London Authority (GLA)
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Income, Poverty and Welfare
Survey of Londoners 2018-19
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated almost 4 years ago
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...
The rising cost of living and its effects on Londoners
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated almost 4 years ago
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.
Inequalities and Environmental Action
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated almost 4 years ago
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...
More than just education: A Participatory Action Research project on adult education in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated about 4 years ago
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...
Afghan Emergency Response Survey
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
This dataset presents results of a four-weekly questionnaire sent to a cohort of organisations working directly with Afghan communities in London. The first two surveys, beginning October 2021, were run as pilots to help inform our approach and aimed to engage voluntary, community and faith sector organisations. Wave three, to be launched in January 2022, will be open to a...
Green Skills Adult Education Provision in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
The GLA commissioned independent research into the green skills which are expected to grow in demand as London moves to net zero. It uses GLA Economics’ Identifying Green Occupations to identify green skills currently being funded through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), along with relevant Level 4 and 5 qualifications and apprenticeship data. The report includes interviews with employers and...
The experience of children and families living in insecure private rented sector accommodation
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
This report presents the findings of an exploratory qualitative research project carried out with children and families living in insecure private rented sector accommodation.The aims of the research were to understand the impact of living in the private rented sector on a range of areas of children's lives, including education, health and their sense of security.The findings of this project...
Understanding serious violence among young people in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Updated over 4 years ago
This page contains analyses of serious youth violence conducted by the GLA’s Strategic Crime Analysis team and MOPAC Evidence and Insight Team to inform work to prevent and reduce serious violence affecting young people in London.The page contains 4 separate analyses. The first two analyses in 2018 were produced in support of an over-arching report ‘Progressing a Public Health Approach...
Health and Social Care Levy - Incidence on London Households
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added over 4 years ago
This note sets out GLA Economics’ illustrative estimate of the incidence on London households of the planned introduction of the Health and Social Care Levy from 2023/24 (preceded by an interim increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) in 2022/23).
Covid-19 and financial hardship in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)
Added over 4 years ago
At the end of 2020 the GLA commissioned the University of Essex to analyse the impact on Londoners of the Covid-19 crisis, of the emergency policies put in place since March 2020 and of some counterfactual policy options, including the continuation of the £20 weekly uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit. The researchers used UKMOD, the UK tax-benefit...