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The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 31 May 2022.

It’s unacceptable that many Londoners can’t afford to keep their homes warm, instead suffering cold, damp conditions throughout winter. With the unprecedented cost of living crisis and soaring energy prices, I am particularly concerned about those on lower incomes whose energy bills are likely to take up a larger share of their outgoings.

That’s why today I’m committing a further £43m of funding through my Warmer Homes programme, which will help low-income households make their homes warmer, greener and cheaper to run and build a better London for everyone. I’m proud to be helping deliver long term solutions to avoid future crises and protect Londoners in stark contrast the Governments short-term sticking plaster approach.

While I welcome the Government’s U-turn on the energy company windfall tax, Ministers must do more, starting with restoring the universal credit £20 a week uplift and increasing benefits by the actual level of record inflation as soon as possible.

The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 30 May 2022.

I fear that the Government’s anti-London approach could seriously exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis.

Even before these latest economic shocks, too many Londoners were already finding it impossible to keep their heads above water.

We have some of the most deprived communities in the country living here in our city.

And so, to overlook London for investment – and exclude our city from various funding pots as this Government has already done – is completely indefensible.

Help for our communities should be based on need, not geography.

A child born into poverty in Lewisham or Newham is blighted by deprivation and inequality in much the same way as a child born into similar circumstances in Leeds or Newcastle.