This London Challenge Poverty Week, Daughters of Charity Services co-signed a letter addressed to those running for election as Mayor of London next year, calling on candidates to put poverty at the heart of their manifestos.

25% of Londoners are living in poverty after housing costs. 33% of children in London are in poverty. 22% of working age adults in London are in poverty. This evidence shows the current system is not working, but is instead baking poverty into our society.

We believe a Poverty Free London must start with the recognition that everyone should have adequate income to live on. Londoners deserve real systemic change.