Mayor accuses Tories of not being serious about housing after McVey axed

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan facing up to working with seventh housing minister

London mayor Sadiq Khan has said the government is not serious about tackling the capital’s chronic housing shortage after Esther McVey yesterday became the sixth housing minister to leave the post on his watch.

Khan was elected in 2016 and is fighting for a second term in this May’s forthcoming mayoral election ahead of which he will begin working with his seventh housing minister, named last night as Christopher Pincher.

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