• I AM delighted that the Sadiq Khan has been able to commit further funding to City Hall’s ground-breaking universal free school meals policy.

This £140million investment means that families across London will save up to £1,000 per child over two years.

With the brutal effects of the cost-of-living crisis, I am so pleased City Hall is stepping up to feed 3,606 children in Camden.

I have long campaigned on the issue of childhood hunger, with reports coming out over several years showing unacceptable levels of food poverty in the capital.

Children who do not have enough to eat are at risk of poor physical and mental health and will struggle to concentrate in lessons.

I am thrilled that this genuinely life-changing policy will continue and that London’s children and families get the support they need.

ANNE CLARKE AM
Labour Assembly Member for Barnet & Camden