LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan for renters will “fall flat” unless he continues to push for the power to enforce city-wide rent controls, campaigners have warned.

Mr Khan has promised to build 6,000 rent-controlled homes if he is re-elected in May.

At the launch of his “new deal for renters” today, Mr Khan said: “I’ve been calling for the power to freeze rents in the capital for years, but the government has refused.