Employment and Skills

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...

Skills Bootcamps for Londoners aim to help Londoners aged 19+ to enter employment, upskill or change career and are open to adults who are full-time or part-time employed, self-employed or unemployed, as well as adults returning to work after a break. Bootcamp training courses provide access to in-demand sector specific skills training and provide a guaranteed job interview on completion. In addition...

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...

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. ...

More than 26,500 London households have had their total benefit payment capped since the benefit cap was introduced in April 2013. Nearly half (45 per cent) of all households in Great Britain that have received reduced amounts because of the cap on the total payable, up to February 2015, were in London. Nearly 90 per cent of households...