Sadiq Khan on pressures Londoners are facing this winter amid cost of living crisis

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The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has warned of the severe pressures facing Londoners this winter as he has urged the government to urgently step forward and do more to tackle the growing cost-of-living crisis.  A recent YouGov poll, commissioned by City Hall, has shown that one in five Londoners say they are ‘financially struggling,’ (21%), with more than one in four (29%) going without essentials and more than two-thirds (67%) are buying less food and essentials.

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00:00 I'm really pleased to be and proud to be that they're providing free holiday meals.

00:05 We've so far since April provided more than 7 million.

00:08 This half term we're going to be providing more than half a million meals.

00:11 Working with great projects like the Phoenix project, with the Kids for Social, making

00:16 sure children like the community here in Brixton are benefiting from a meal during the half

00:21 term holidays.

00:22 We know from work done by Phoenix that one out of four parents are skipping meals so

00:28 the kids can eat.

00:29 We know from polling we've done, almost half Londoners are having less food, less fuel

00:34 so their family can eat.

00:35 We've got a cost of living crisis that's getting worse, not better.

00:38 That's why it's incredibly important for the government to step up and support families

00:41 across the country, including in London.

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