London mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed his investment policies have increased council housebuilding starts in the capital to their highest level in more than 30 years.

Statistics released by the Greater London Authority (GLA) covering affordable home starts funded by affordable housing programmes under the capital’s mayor show that a total of 14,544 such homes were started in 2018/19, more than double the 7,189 built in the last year of Boris Johnson’s mayorship.

Exceeding the government’s own 14,000 target, this was more than for any year since City Hall took control of housing investment in London in 2012, said Khan.