Current Issues Note 36: Patterns of low pay

This report found between 16 and 20 per cent of London's workforce earned less than London's Living Wage, £8.30. The people who are most likely to be low paid are those with low level qualifications, those of an ethnic minority background, young people, over 50's, women and those who work part-time.

Even though Inner London boroughs tend to show higher levels of deprivation and worklessness, Outer London has a higher proportion of low paid workers than Inner London.

Wage inequality in the UK has decreased slightly since the late 1990s, while wage inequality in the capital has increased significantly. This reflects above all an increase in wage dispersion among men.