It is the message Londoners are longing to hear. Sir Keir Starmer vowed today to end the “bashing of London”, instead working “hand-in-glove” with Mayor Sadiq Khan to fix the capital’s housing crisis if his party wins the election.
In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with the Standard, the Labour leader condemned recent attempts by the Government to do London down as “short-sighted, counterproductive and a divisive way to look at politics”. He added that better relations between Downing Street and City Hall (they could scarcely be worse) would help to accelerate the programme of housebuilding the city needs.
