London weighting is an allowance paid to certain civil servants, teachers, airline employees, PhD students, police and security officers in and around London, the capital of England.
It is designed to help these workers with the cost of living in Greater London, which is higher than that of the rest of the UK.
[1] Its purpose is to encourage key workers to stay in Greater London.
In 2002, teachers from across South East England went on strike to try to force London weighting to be raised.
Since the abolition of the Pay Board, no organisation has been responsible for setting London weighting.