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Citizens UK celebrates the success of the Making London a Living Wage City project

Our impact in numbers

From 1st September 2021 to 31st August 2025, Making London a Living Wage City transformed employment and the lives of low-paid workers, having achieved:

  • 2,561 newly accredited Living Wage Employers in London, doubling the total number of London Living Wage Employers in the past 4 years
  • 69,624 people who have seen their wage increase nationally, from London-headquartered employers
  • 43,295 wage uplifts to the London Living Wage
  • £413 million back into the pockets of workers from London-headquartered employers
  • £330 million back into the pockets of Londoners
  • £628 million total economic value to London’s economy
  • 680,397 employees now working for a London Living Wage Employer

Alongside this, the project had a significant impact on wider society, communities and developing leaders:

  • 500 community and worker leaders took part in structured development, training and campaigning
  • 736 people in total were engaged as leaders or stakeholders at some point in the project
  • Work took place with 138 Citizens UK member institutions, including 18 campaign anchors that received deeper support to build their organising capacity
  • There were 152 local or borough-level actions and 32 cross-London events, with approximately 10,000 people attending