London

London is the UK’s economic powerhouse, it accounts for 13% of the population but 24% of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In Inner London this is even more pronounced, at 5.4% and 16% respectively. It is one of the few truly global cities and outperforms national and European city averages in virtually all structural economic measures. Yet much of what gives London this strength left it more exposed to Covid-19 in 2020 and will present challenges in its recovery that other parts of the country will not face in the same way.