London needs a £4.9bn annual Government subsidy to deliver enough affordable housing

The total value of UK residences climbed by 2.7% - or £190bn - in 2018, says Savills, but London saw a 1.5% drop; all the homes in Britain are now worth £7.29 trillion.

And 64% of London homes worth more than £5m are "empty", according to a new study by Rowland Atkinson, Chair of Inclusive Studies at Sheffield University

“The housing crisis is an economic, social and human catastrophe," says the Chartered Institute of Housing. "But it can be solved"