At least one new town inside the Greater London boundary is needed, a business group says.
Labour says each proposed new town will have a minimum of 10,000 new homes, with 40% expected to be classed as "affordable".
BusinessLDN said the capital was well-placed to host one of the new towns as it had "the political framework, infrastructure links and range of potential sites needed to establish new settlements at speed". These are special zones which can be created to oversee the regeneration of a particular area, usurping the planning powers of existing local authorities.
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