Thank you, London! Standard appeal hits £2.4million as Rita Ora gives backing

The total raised by the Evening Standard’s Winter Survival Appeal in partnership with Comic Relief has swelled to £2.4 million, thanks to a final week surge in public donations to £200,000 — with £1,250,000 already given out in grants to charities helping the most vulnerable people struggling with the cost of living in London and across the country.

With one million children in extreme and at severe risk