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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil and Noah Vickers

London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan launches re-election campaign with pledge of 40,000 council homes

Sir Keir Starmer joined Sadiq Khan on Monday as he launched his re-election campaign pledging to double his council homes target to 40,000 and trumpeting the prospect of a Labour government and mayor offering a ‘once in a generation” chance to ease London’s housing crisis.

The Labour leader told Londoners they had the choice between “chaos and division with the Tories, or unity and hope with Labour” as the Conservatives nationally have suffered a series of recent setbacks.

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