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Lone parents in London are more likely to be out-of-work than lone parents elsewhere in England.

This is partly because childcare is more expensive and less available in London.

Many children in poverty in London live with a lone parent who is not working.

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The level of childcare provision in London is lower than the England average.

• There are on average more children per childcare place in Inner London than Outer
  London.

• There is significant variation in childcare availability per borough.

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Over half of working-age adults and children in poverty in London live in a household where someone is in paid work.

• Almost 1.1m people live in low-income working households in London.

• The rise in in-work poverty particularly affects families where at least one adult works part-time.

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Around 360,000 children were living in workless households in London in 2010.

• Around two thirds of children in workless households live in lone parent households.

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In 2008-10, a lower proportion of lone parents were working in Inner and Outer London compared with the rest of England.

• Over the decade, employment rate for lone parents in Inner London rose, while remaining steady in Outer London.

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