On the BBC Politics London programme, Caroline Pidgeon discussed the over-reliance on charities to fill in the gaps in services left by the underfunding of local councils.
Caroline said:
"The Conservatives have hollowed out Local Government over recent years, leaving charities to pick up where the state is failing.
In the London Assembly, Caroline seconded the Liberal Democrats' motion calling for the Government to drop the two-child benefit cap, and for the Mayor and the Assembly Chair to write to the Government urging for its removal.
The Met attended only 38% of calls about shoplifting during the last year, according to data obtained by the Liberal Democrats.
While the data from the first few months of this year shows a slight improvement, the force is still attending to less than half of calls. The data comes on the back of numerous businesses struggling to cope with a rising tide of shoplifting across London and the whole of the UK.
The Liberal Democrats have criticised the Mayor of London after adverts promoting tourism in Saudi Arabia appeared on the TfL network last month – despite the Mayor in 2019 having listed Saudi Arabia as one of several countries banned from advertising due to human rights concerns.
Caroline Pidgeon has pressed the Mayor to make the Superloop express bus service run through the night, stressing the benefits for the night-time economy, for women's safety, and for shift workers.
Caroline said:
"Having decent transport options at night is important for nightlife, and the night-time economy as a whole, and shift workers. It also has a direct impact on women's safety and their confidence to go out late at night.
