The rising cost of living and its effects on Londoners

This work looks at the spiralling cost of living and the challenges facing Londoners including the rising poverty levels in the capital. The latest update is dated August 2022.

The report and public attitudes and behaviour charts (published 1 February 2022) were republished (7 April 2022) to correct a calculation error. This error was due to manual calculation.

Data and Resources

Cost-of-living-August-2022-update.pdf
The rising cost of living and its effects on Londoners.pdf
Public attitudes and behaviour - GLA poll results_January 2022_cost of living.pdf

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Cost of living cross tabs final.xlsx

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Source	https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/17e5ed7e-bc16-4ff3-a213-6a13812598b9
Last Updated	September 22, 2025, 22:03 (UTC)
Created	February 21, 2022, 19:50 (UTC)