Quote:"What you've got in Lambeth is a council on the side of its residents and as mayor I'm going to be on the side of Londoners."
Mr Khan said that if elected to City Hall next year he will set up a 'Homes for Londoners' agency to broker new housing developments.
Lambeth Council leader Lib Peck added: "As a planning authority we have been very clear that we want wherever possible to build [affordable housing] on-site that is our preferred option but we do have to realise that that sometimes doesn't give us as good a deal.
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