At a meeting of the London Assembly’s Economy Committee last week (3 October), members discussed the barriers preventing London parents from working and how these could be overcome.
According to the Committee, London has the lowest rates of parental employment in the country, with less than half of the capital’s lone parents in employment.
The percentage of all mothers in London that are in work is also less than the national average.
The Committee, which heard from a number of family charities and childcare experts, including professor Helen Penn from the University of East London, discussed whether a lack of flexible or informal childcare is stopping parents from returning to work.
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