london

• london is the UK's wealthiest and largest city
• london generates around 22% of the UK's GDP
• london accounts for 12.5% of the UK's population
• 47% of london consists of green space, through it's ambitious urban greening programme, london recently became the world's first national park city
• london has the second biggest global air connections in the world, being home to gatwick and heathrow. this improves tourism and global connections
• the average salary in london is £34,473 which is more than the rest of the UK's average of £22,044
• more than 2 million individuals living in london struggle with poverty due to the economic and social deprivation
• the life expectancy in london varies from 88 years in kensington to 81 years in barking. this shows that some areas in london are more deprived than others
• newham is one of the 20% most deprived districts in england with high rates of homelessness and crime, despite being in london