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Evening Standard
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Robert Dex

Sadiq Khan warns London faces ‘a wave of repossessions’ unless government intervenes

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned the capital faces “a wave of repossessions” and asked the government to step in to help homeowners.

He said the government must use Friday’s mortgage summit, called by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt who has asked the bosses of Britain’s banks to Downing Street to discuss the crisis, to “work with lenders to come forward with a series to measures that will prevent Londoners from losing their homes”.

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