The Mayor of London has placed a high priority on improving social integration, equality, diversity and inclusion, economic fairness and food security across the city. Recognising the need for better evidence in these areas to ensure that policy and programmes have maximum impact, the GLA conducted the Survey of Londoners in 2018-19, an online and paper self-completion survey of adults aged 16 and over in London. The Survey, which received responses from 6,601 Londoners, aims to fill evidence gaps and help improve analysis and policy making in these areas. It uses questions that allow for comparison with existing London and national data, and has a larger sample size than regular opinion polling. This offers a more accurate picture of society in London and allows for detailed and robust analysis of sub-groups within London’s population. This initial report provides descriptive results for the key headline measures and supporting demographic data collected by the Survey. Accompanying this report are more detailed tables documenting the key results of the survey by a range of demographic and other characteristics, and a short summary document presenting key findings from the survey. The record-level Survey of Londoners dataset can be accessed via the UK Data Service, University of Essex. The dataset is available for not-for-profit educational and research purposes only. The GLA has completed work on a second survey of Londoners, conducted in 2021-22. The findings from that survey can be accessed from this link.

This dataset supports the Mayor's equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. It brings together publicly available data relevant to equalities in London into a series of measures. These will be updated over time to monitor the delivery of the strategy. After the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020, there was a need to capture and bring together appropriate data and research to monitor London through the recovery period. As a result, the GLA set up the London Covid-19 Resilience Dashboard. Within the dashboard, a section was created that focused on ‘narrowing inequalities’, one of the cross-cutting principles underpinning the GLA’s recovery work. We, therefore, direct your attention to this dashboard as a way of monitoring equalities in London.

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 each topic area – these include: Demography The economy and labour market Community participation and engagement Crime and safety The environment Housing Income, poverty and destitution Transport and digital infrastructure Young people and education Health, wellbeing and inequalities. Datasets have been selected that update relatively frequently and without too great a lag but not all fit these criteria. While comprehensive in its coverage, it is by no means exhaustive and links to further information are provided with each chapter. A health and wellbeing chapter has been added to the latest edition. As new datasets are released, the charts in the report will be updated on the accompanying State of London Dashboard. The Dashboard is in Beta form while it continues to be developed. We welcome feedback on both the report and the Dashboard via email to: intelligence@london.gov.uk.

Qualitative research and polling with Londoners undertaken by the GLA's Opinion Research team in 2019. The research explored in-depth Londoners’ perspectives of the public realm, to help inform the Mayor's Public London Charter. The research report covers: Experiences and uses of public spaces Views on privately-owned public spaces Views on the future of the public realm