Closing the Low Pay and In-Work Poverty gap

The London Assembly Economy Committee published a report “Low Pay and In-Work Poverty: Steps to help Londoners struggling to make ends meet” which lays out the circumstances and factors that are denying Londoners the opportunities for decent livelihoods, for themselves as well as their families.

The report makes a number of recommendations including:

• The Mayor should include supporting transition back into the labour market as one of the listed priorities in the Skills for Londoners Innovation Fund prospectus for future rounds of funding applications, with a focus on groups at risk of being in low paid work or in in-work poverty. The Mayor should include this in the next fund prospectus.
• The Mayor should provide a commitment and timeframe for establishing a working group tasked with looking into and developing solutions to the challenges present in the low pay sectors of London’s economy.
• The Mayor should produce a plan for encouraging more businesses to sign up to the Good Work Standard.

Download Low pay and in-work poverty report