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Joe Talora

London affordable housing delivery slowed by Covid and Brexit

A Lords committee said barriers to housebuilding must be removed urgently (Gareth Fuller/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

The rising cost of building materials and worker shortages in the construction sector as a result of Brexit are slowing down the delivery of affordable housing in London, Sadiq Khan has said.

City Hall was granted £3.46 billion through the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme in autumn last year to deliver around 30,000 new affordable homes between 2021 and 2026.

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