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How can the PM improve the lives of Londoners?

BBC Business · May 17, 2026, 7:08 AM

Key takeaways

  • 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.
  • Sophie 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".

Helen Drew BBC Politics London BBCBBC 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.

Sophie Livingstone, chief executive of the charity Little Village which helps families in London with essentials for their children, said poverty was "a political choice".

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