Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has floated an array of housing pledges in his bid to secure a second term at City Hall in next month’s mayoral election.

Khan said he would put a “relentless focus” on building more council housing and other genuinely affordable homes if he secures victory in the 6 May poll.

His just-published manifesto targets the delivery of 10,000 new council homes in the capital and a gives a commitment to “explore the creation” of a fund to support councils to re-purchase housing stock sold off under the Right to Buy scheme since the 1980s.

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