Covid-19 and financial hardship in London

<p>At the end of 2020 the GLA commissioned the University of Essex to a<span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">nalyse the impact on Londoners of the Covid-19 crisis, of the emergency policies put in place since March 2020 and of some counterfactual policy options, including the continuation of the £20 weekly uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit.&nbsp;</span> </p> <p>The researchers used <a href="https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/ukmod/" target="_blank">UKMOD</a>, the UK tax-benefit microsimulation model, to conduct their analysis.</p>