Greater London Authority (GLA)

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...

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).

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 microsimulation model, to conduct their analysis.

The Community Engagement team at the Greater London Authority (GLA) commissioned this report to identify and examine past and present projects which involve collecting Londoners experiences of COVID-19 through a variety of creative and non-traditional materials.     The purpose of the report is to:  provide an overview of projects and activities which record Londoners COVID-19 stories and experiences.  outline who...

The purpose of this report is to collate literature on the health, social, community, economic and environmental impacts of epidemics, pandemics and other shocks that have had large-scale impacts on different countries and cities internationally. The literature review will help to answer the question, “What could an effective, evidence-based, long-term plan to drive London’s recovery from the impacts of the...

This paper summarises the latest evidence and analysis on the impacts of COVID-19 on London’s economy so far and on the economic outlook so that key actors and stakeholders engaged in responding to the pandemic can have a readily available evidence base to inform policy responses.

Image: Snapshot from the Map of Community Views To understand different communities’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, Dr Debbie Weekes-Bernard and the GLA Community Engagement Team convened a series of virtual roundtable conversations and community meetings with groups and community leaders between April and September 2020. ...

Disabled Londoners have been disproportionately impacted by changes to the tax and benefits system and the introduction of Universal Credit (UC) has hit disabled Londoners particularly hard. Cuts to civil society organisations and Local Authority budgets have also reduced support for disabled Londoners. This research provides an insight into the ecosystem of organisations in London offering support to disability benefit claimants migrating to UC....

Qualitative research with older Londoners undertaken by the GLA exploring: The causes of food insecurity and malnutrition amongst older Londoners, including the impact of coronavirus The experiences of older Londoners experiencing food insecurity and its impact on general well-being  The extent to which the diets (including water intake) of older Londoners are monitored/discussed The extent to...

This analysis assesses the impact of national changes to the tax and welfare system since 2010 on households in London, using analysis commissioned by the GLA City Intelligence Unit and delivered by Landman Economics. The analysis uses micro-simulation modelling techniques to assess the impact on household incomes in London of changes made to welfare, personal taxes and the...