The report, which states that nearly 40 per cent of children in the capital are living in poverty after housing costs are taken into account, makes a number of recommendations to turn London into a 'zero hunger city'.
It recommends that Boris Johnson agree to free healthy school meals for all families receiving Universal Credit and asks the London Food Board to identify models for providing universal healthy free school meals for all children across the capital.
The London Assembly also suggests reviewing the criteria that assesses eligibility for free school meals. As well as this, it recommends working with partners to establish sustainable free breakfast clubs in schools which do not currently receive any specific funding to run them. According to the Assembly, it costs between £2,000 and £10,000 a year to run breakfast clubs.
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