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The Mayor’s Outer London Commission Final Report

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Other recommendations supported<br />

by the OLC: Labour Market<br />

•Skills are a key challenge for <strong>London</strong> as a whole<br />

•<strong>Outer</strong> <strong>London</strong> outperforms inner <strong>London</strong> at<br />

school-age<br />

•Younger higher skilled workers from the rest of the UK and abroad are attracted to live and<br />

work in <strong>London</strong><br />

•<strong>Outer</strong> <strong>London</strong> residents enjoy higher rates of employment and lower rates of worklessness<br />

than inner <strong>London</strong> residents<br />

•Skills investment driven by need (i.e. tackling priority issues, skills associated with Crossrail),<br />

not geography – concern that this may miss distinct skill needs of OL which not fall within broad<br />

metropolitan categories.<br />

•<strong>The</strong> LDA move towards a commissioning approach will provide further opportunities for locally<br />

driven responses to the delivery of strategic outcomes

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