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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Kumail Jaffer

GLA accused of telling developers to 'dig a trench' to inflate affordable housing stats

The Greater London Authority has been told to launch a full investigation into claims its officials encouraged developers to “dig a trench” in order to boost figures for affordable housing starts.

Tim Craine, the founder of London development analysts Molior, said the Mayor should be “livid” that the housing department allegedly “embellished” figures and accused Sir Sadiq Khan of “misleading” voters in last year’s election campaign.

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