Although the latest UK figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show 700,000 children have been lifted out of relative income poverty since 1996/7, Claire Kober, campaign coordinator at End Child Poverty, said the statistics for London were "very worrying".
She said the particular issues in London that needed to be tackled were the low take-up of tax credits, unemployment, the housing crisis and the high proportion of Black and ethnic minorities.
"The problems are not unique to London, but the way that they combine and interact is a unique situation," added Kober.
End Child Poverty is working with the Association of London Government and will launch a programme in May.
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