Opinion

Council housing, conversions and the green belt: rethinking London’s future

By 2025-04-10T05:00:00

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What should Sadiq Khan’s next spatial development strategy for Greater London consist of? Ben Derbyshire looks at the key issues of debate

I won’t regale you yet again with statistics that tell the story of the nightmare shortage and escalating costs of housing in London.

We all know this disaster only too well – from our own personal experience of family members priced out of the market, or the increasing numbers of street sleepers we see huddling in shop doorways, under fly-overs and bridges.

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