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London Mayor Boris Johnson will be told to “get building” today by Labour assembly members as the housing crisis continues to leave thousands in substandard accommodation.
Labour assembly group budget spokesperson John Biggs will renew calls for the mayor to start directly building housing through a new London Housing Corporation (LHC).
Mr Johnson must formally say whether or not he will adopt the proposal at today’s budget meeting.
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
GLYN ROBBINS celebrates how tenant-led campaigning forced the government to drop Pay to Stay, fixed-term tenancies and council home sell-offs under Cameron — but warns that Labour’s faith in private developers will require renewed resistance