Business and Economy

Percent working in London and the UK who are overemployed. Overemployment in this case is defined as the percent who want to work fewer hours with less pay. This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

The Mayor of London committed to developing a London Wellbeing and Sustainability Measure in his 2021 manifesto. This was to help measure London’s success as a place to live and work for all its residents. It would counteract the fact that, for years, London’s success has been mostly measured only in terms of its material wealth.  After a comprehensive and thorough development...

Percentage of recent graduates and non-recent graduates working in non-graduate roles in London and UK. This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

Number and rate of those aged 16 and over in insecure employment by place of work. This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

GLA Economics has produced a report ‘Monitoring the employment impact of mayoral programmes and initiatives’. The analysis allows us to estimate the number of jobs associated with GLA Group-led activity from the start of the Mayoral term (2016). The data available to download here shows gross jobs by job type, programme and policy area. Please note the report was amended on...

In 2014 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) designed the London Business Survey (LBS), on behalf of the London Enterprise Panel and the GLA.  In 2021 the GLA requested an alternative to the London Business Survey, to provide a snapshot of businesses in London without the use of a bespoke survey.  As such the ONS - London team has compiled various published...

Number and rate of residents aged 18-64 who have no or low qualifications. Low qualifications are defined as anyone who's highest level of qualification is NVQ Level 1 (i.e. 1-4 GCSEs or equivalent). This dataset is one of the Greater London Authority's measures of Economic Fairness. Click here to find out more.

The GLA has conducted an analysis of the metrics accompanying the DLUHC White Paper on Levelling Up. Levelling up will not be achieved by levelling down because London has deep economic links with the rest of the UK. There should be separate missions and metrics on improving productivity and tackling disadvantage. This would allow a clearer focus on poverty alleviation. Strategy and policy development,...

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.