Sadiq Khan has promised to get London building… again. It is not the first time he has promised new houses and then failed to deliver. In fact, since 2015, the year before Khan took office, new housing starts have declined by 70 per cent.
This time, things are apparently different. His radical new plan is to open up the green belt to developers to unlock the homes London desperately needs. He isn’t just promising to build more homes, but also to create a greener, cleaner London.
