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London councils won’t be able to sue their way to more homes being built

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25.06.2026

Thursday 25 June 2026 5:20 am  |  Updated:  Wednesday 24 June 2026 5:37 pm

London councils won’t be able to sue their way to more homes being built

By: Christian May

Editor-in-Chief

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Sadiq Khan is being sued by London councils over his affordability targets

Last week I asked the chief executive of one of the country’s largest housing developers to sum up the state of housebuilding in London, and the answer was “dire.” If I’d allowed two words I suspect one of them would have been unprintable.

The situation is so disastrous that Sadiq Khan was forced to lower the affordable housing quota for new developments from 35 per cent to 20 per........

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