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LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson faced ridicule yesterday after he slammed the wealth gap less than 24 hours after attacking affordable housing in the capital.
Mr Johnson, who is expected to run for Tory leader before the 2020 elections, called for more government investment in transport, housing and education as a way to drive social mobility.
But London Assembly members were quick to spot the contradictions, as he was recently exposed drafting plans to cap the number of affordable houses built in London.
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
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