Last year Boris Johnson upset a lot of people with his outspoken views on people working from home. Now that he’s been sworn in as the Mayor of London what can we expect him to do to tackle the employment issues in the capital?

Although tackling crime and transport issues appear to have been the mainstay of his mayoral campaign, he does have an employment policy which includes calling for improved skills training and a minimum wage of GBP 7.20 for Londoners.

London has the highest rate of unemployment in England. Before he was elected he said:

“If elected mayor, I will address this problem by working with employers to help them grow their businesses, and find the employees they need.” He went onto to say, “I will also work with employers to improve Londoners' skills, and make it easier for employers to find the staff they need. I have proposed a single London-wide, one-stop career shop, which will provide skills and career advice as well as job information for Londoners, and be a single port of call for employers looking to find employees.”

With almost 1,300 Londoners on jobseeker’s allowance for a continuous period of more than 5 years, he also wants London’s agencies to pool their resources to create a single fund to tackle the city’s long-term unemployment problems. This pool would be managed by the London Skills and Employment Board.

Anything that helps Londoners get back into the workplace has to be good news, but do these measures go far enough?

As always we’d welcome your comments and ideas. Especially from you Mr Mayor!