Sadiq Khan has been accused of allowing London’s skyline to become blighted with high rise buildings that have exacerbated the capital’s housing crisis. Since coming to power in 2016, the London Mayor has presided over the construction of more tall buildings in the capital than his two predecessors put together. There are 22,000 housing units in some 68 residential skyscrapers standing at more than 111m tall that have been built in London this century. But only 6pc are classed as affordable housing and 0.3pc as social housing, a report by the think tank Policy Exchange found. It comes despite Mr Khan’s pledge to build more than 40,000 new council homes by the end of the decade to tackle the housing shortage if he is re-elected as mayor, doubling his previous commitment to build 20,000 affordable homes between 2018 and 2030. The report also found that while all three London mayors have had an “enormous” impact on tall buildings in London, Mr Khan had “significantly outstripped” his predecessors when it came to supporting high rise developments. Under Mr Khan’s tenure, 41 buildings over 111m high have been built, compared to 16 under Boris Johnson and 12 under Ken Livingstone. Ike Ijeh,...