Don’t cut London’s affordable housing quotas, Labour MPs urge ministers and mayor

<p>Exclusive: Housing secretary and capital’s mayor face calls from within party for rethink on homebuilding plans</p><p>Labour MPs are urging ministers and the London mayor to drop controversial plans to reduce affordable housing quotas in the capital in order to boost homebuilding.</p><p>MPs have said they are concerned about the proposals<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/17/developers-higher-subsidies-fewer-affordable-homes-london"> being drawn up</a> by the housing secretary, Steve Reed, and the mayor, Sadiq Khan, in response to a sudden drop in new development in the capital.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/20/labour-mps-ministers-affordable-housing-london-sadiq-khan">Continue reading...</a>