Sadiq Khan is celebrating hitting a landmark council housing target, as figures show London is building double the amount of council homes as the rest of England combined.<br /><br />In 2018, the mayor had set himself a goal to build 10,000 new council homes by 2022, but having achieved this he doubled his target to 20,000 new council homes by 2024.<br /><br />He now claims to have reached that figure a year early with 23,000 council homes started across London over the last five years.<br />
