The GLA have produced updates to the tree canopy cover and green cover assessments previously produced in November 2018 and January 2019 respectively (based on 2016 data).  The 2024 updates are based on data primarily from 2022 and estimate London’s tree canopy cover at 19.6% (±0.3%) and its green cover at 51.7% (±1.11%).  These estimates were produced via a ‘machine learning’ computer...

This report by GLA City Intelligence (the latest update of which was published in January 2024) brings together a wide range of outcome data relevant to the work of the Mayor and the London Assembly, which will also be of interest to other stakeholders in London. The aim is to provide readers with a high-level summary of the latest trends in...

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Excel spreadsheets containing the data from London Plan AMR 19 will be published here soon. For more information see Monitoring the London Plan. AMR page 131

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This blog summarises our recently published work on London’s night time economy. Purpose GLA Economics published an Evidence Base for a 24 Hour City in 2018 to support the Mayor of London, the Night Czar, the Night-Time Commission, and boroughs on night-time planning and strategies. The March 2024 update to the evidence base shows the latest findings and changes over time since the...

UK GDP grows strongly in first quarter of 2024 After two quarters of mild negative growth of -0.3% in 2023 Q4 and -0.1% in 2023 Q3, the UK grew strongly by 0.6% in 2024 Q1, reports the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Year-on-year growth was a more modest 0.2%, and over the last two years growth has been 0.5% (Figure 1)....

The annual  Abortion Statistics for England and Wales: 2022  has been provisionally delayed from 22 June 2023 until May 2024. This is due to a backlog in the HSA4 form processing, which the publication is based on. Legal abortions: rates by Primary Care Organisation by age. Rates per 1,000 in age group. Age not stated have been distributed pro-rata across age...

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