Policy information sourced from The London Plan 2021

E11 Skills and Opportunities for All

  • The Mayor will work with strategic partners to address low pay and gender and ethnicity pay gaps, and, as set out in his Skills for Londoners Strategy, co-ordinate national, regional and local initiatives to promote inclusive access to training, skills and employment opportunities for all Londoners.
  • Development proposals should support employment, skills development, apprenticeships, and other education and training opportunities in both the construction and end-use phases, including through Section 106 obligations where appropriate. Boroughs should ensure these are implemented in ways that:
    • enable those people undertaking training to complete their training and apprenticeships
    • ensure the greatest possible level of take-up by Londoners of the training, apprenticeship and employment opportunities created
    • increase the proportion of under-represented groups within the construction industry workforce.

In partnership with the Mayor, boroughs are encouraged to consider cross-borough working to open up opportunities, including those created via Section 106 obligations, on a reciprocal basis, to residents from adjacent boroughs and across London.

For more information please see The London Plan 2021