• Reference: 2024/2940
• Question by: Marina Ahmad
• Meeting date: 10 October 2024

The Mayor’s policies on housing and free school meals support families on a low income. As we mark London Challenge Poverty Week on the 14th to the 20th of October, is there a case for national Government to develop the temporary household support fund into a more effective anti-poverty policy?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 12 September 2024

Unmesh Desai AM: Thank you, Chair. Mr Mayor, I have attended Carnival with the police since being elected in 2016, every year. I also walk around on my own after I leave the police to make my own observations. There are two sides to this debate. One is the policing of Carnival. The other side is the management of Carnival. The policing operation is excellent. I have to commend the police on the work that they do. It is very commendable indeed. The MetCC is an impressive operation to say the least. However, the management leaves a lot to be...