London mayor Sadiq Khan has been accused of failing to provide sufficient housing for families in the past year, as figures show the proportion of GLA-funded starts of homes with three bedrooms or more fell by 40%.

Andrew Boff, housing spokesman for Conservative assembly members, said a 30% fall in the number of starts of GLA-funded homes with three bedrooms or more was evidence the mayor was “deprioritising families”.

Figures from the London Assembly show in 2017/18 starts of such homes reached 2,892, while in 2018/19 the figure fell to 2,005 from a total starts figure of 14,544, representing a 30% decrease.