GLA accused of telling developers to 'dig a trench' to inflate affordable housing stats The authority has been urged to investigate claims figures were ‘embellished’ by officials Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025
'Our children are being murdered' - Sadiq Khan challenged over grip on Met Police Tory assembly member Lord Bailey urged the London mayor to ‘take a closer role’ in scrutinising the Met Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2024
Sadiq Khan scheme built just 71 affordable homes in three months and needs to start 22,000 more to hit 2026 target Tories acuse London mayor of ‘unacceptably low’ levels of affordable housebuilding in capital The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024
Tories demand Labour Government put Sadiq Khan in 'special measures' over affordable housing Slow progress on the mayor’s affordable homes programme has been blamed by his team on “the disastrous inheritance from the last Government” Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024
Sadiq Khan criticised by statistics watchdog over house-building claims The mayor is said to have used phrasing which ‘could be misinterpreted by the average person’ when describing his record on affordable homes Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Build on the green belt to fix London's housing crisis, says think tank London’s green belt could be replaced with Copenhagen’s ‘green fingers’ model, it was suggested at a summit this week Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2024
'An insult': Sadiq Khan under fire over 2.8% progress on latest affordable housing programme A spokeswoman for the mayor promised that the programme’s delivery would ‘ramp up’ over the coming months Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2024
Carol Vorderman slams Shaun Bailey's 'new dog-whistle attack' as row intensifies Lord Bailey accused Vorderman of 'bullying' while she slammed his comments as 'pathetic' Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024
Less than half the affordable homes started in London since 2016 have been completed The remainder are not due to be finished until 2029 Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2023