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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kalyeena Makortoff

Taxpayers may need to bail out Sadiq Khan’s London housing fund, say auditors

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Taxpayers may be forced to bail out Sadiq Khan’s London housing fund, after it repeatedly missed repayment deadlines for a £300m loan and its auditors raised concerns over poor management.

The London mayor’s property development vehicle, known as Greater London Authority Land and Property Limited (GLAP), inherited the £300m debt when it was formed under Boris Johnson in 2012, after a merger of other public development bodies.

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