How can the PM improve the lives of Londoners?
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How can the PM improve the lives of Londoners?Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHelen DrewBBC Politics LondonBBCBBC Politics London has been speaking to three groups about what key priorities should be for Prime Minister Keir Starmer - or his successor - when it comes to improving the lives of Londoners, from the most vulnerable, such as children in poverty to those running small businesses.I spoke to the Little Village charity, the London Chamber of Commerce and the think tank Centre for London about which policies would have the greatest impact.Scrap the child benefit capSophie Livingstone, chief executive of the charity Little Village which helps families in London with essentials for their children, said poverty was "a political choice".While the charity welcomed Labour's decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap, Ms Livingstone said ministers needed to go "further and faster".She calls for action on the benefit cap, which limits the total amount a single family can receive, and on the local housing allowance, which she said was having "a really big impact" on families.Sophie Livingstone thinks the government needs to go "further and faster""I would like them to think about specific measures that build on the two-child limits, so things like the benefit cap, which limits the amount of money a single family can get, and also the local housing allowance, which is having a really big impact," she said."Housing is one of the biggest issues that we see families coming to Little Village facing, and awful situations like a whole family of five in one room, but also the conditions of that housing."Lots of health impacts from things like mould and damp, families needing everything new in terms of clothing for their children because the damp's eaten away through it for example."Tax and small businessesThe London Chamber of Commerce, which represents 12,000 businesses said small firms cou...





