Culture and economy

In the Priorities for Londoners survey, you ranked Culture and Sport as the capital’s highest performing area, with 7 in 10 of you satisfied. Opportunities for Londoners to take part in sports, and opportunities to learn creative skills, were highlighted as key areas for improvement.

You see, ‘work to attract business and investment’, and, ‘innovation and technological development’ as the two strongest areas for London’s economy. Your greatest concerns are with fair wages and building the infrastructure for a growing population.

Over the last three years:

• Delivery of East Bank has begun – a new culture and education district at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the £1.1 billion East Bank scheme is one of the world’s largest and most ambitious cultural and education districts and is funded through a combination of Government funding, contributions from partners, receipts from the sale of residential developments, philanthropic donations and GLA funding
• City Hall launched the Good Work Standard in July 2019.  Amongst other things, this requires accredited employers to pay all staff at least the London Living Wage, currently £10.75 an hour. Since launch, 49 companies have signed up to this, covering over 191,000 employers.