A minimum London Weighting – a revised and updated approach

Matt Padley, Associate Director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) at Loughborough University, has updated analysis released in 2016 on London Weighting. The new report, funded by Trust for London, builds on the earlier analysis and puts forward an updated basis for calculating a minimum London Weighting using ongoing research on a Minimum Income Standard (MIS) for the capital. The report looks first at existing London Weighting levels, before outlining the calculation of a minimum London Weighting. We go on to highlight some critical questions relating to London Weighting, including the consequences of changes to working patterns resulting from Covid-19 and how place-specific pay fits in with public, policy and political discussions of ‘levelling up’. The report concludes with recommendations and suggested next steps.