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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall,Rachael Burford and Jonathan Prynn

Sadiq Khan gets go-ahead to slash affordable housing ratio to 20% to tackle London housing crisis

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been given permission to slash the amount of affordable homes in new developments from 35 per cent to 20 per cent.

The new target was announced by Housing Secretary Steve Reed on Thursday afternoon after weeks of speculation that the mayor was watering down one of his benchmark targets in a bid to kick-start the dormant London housing market.

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