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Tom Copley

@tomcopley.bsky.social
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Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Hon FRIBA • Former London Assembly Member • Former Lewisham councillor • Geriatric Millennial

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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s fantastic news that PATRIZIA are to invest £1bn into 4,000 homes across the UK, including boosting their presence in London. I met with them at Munich Expo this week where we discussed their existing investment in social housing at Elephant & Castle. www.propertyweek.com/finance/patr...
propertyweek.com
PATRIZIA commits to invest £1bn in UK 'essential' housing
German real estate investment manager PATRIZIA has pledged to raise and deploy £1bn into "essential" housing in the UK.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Since January this year, @london.gov.uk has called in and approved more than 10,000 homes that had stalled or were rejected by boroughs. @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social meant it when he said City Hall would back the builders. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/city-ha...
insidehousing.co.uk
City Hall approves 10,000 rejected or stalled homes through call-in powers
City Hall has approved 10,000 homes that were rejected by councils, through the London mayor’s call-in process.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton has died aged 90. She was the pioneering computer scientist who wrote the software that powered the moon landing. Here’s the famous photo of her with the code that she and her team wrote. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I was delighted to present the Mayor of London Award to @phoenixtogether.bsky.social’s Farmstead Road development in LB Lewisham, designed by Metropolitan Workshop, at the Housing Design Awards. Farmstead Road shows how a constrained suburban site can provide much-needed affordable family homes.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A major milestone has been reached at Thameside West. Our partners Arada London have submitted plans for the first 1,500 homes along with a new park and riverside walk. It’s the first phase of 5,000 homes that will transform this part of the Royal Docks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Docklands waterfront park and homes plan submitted by developer
The Thameside West regeneration project also includes a seven-acre park, and planting 1,000 trees.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham just gave one of the best Labour Leader’s speeches I’ve ever heard. Solid and incredibly welcome commitments on a new era of council housing, leasehold reform, support for first time buyers, and ending rough sleeping.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rent control that exempts new build homes could deliver more affordability for renters while ensuring we don’t discourage vital new housing supply. Good to discuss excellent work on this by @jrf-uk.bsky.social @ippr.org & NEF, and get the public’s view from Persuasion’s @steveakehurst.bsky.social.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s great to hear that the government will strengthen the ability of councils to take over long-term empty homes. While London has the lowest proportion of empty homes of any English region, it’s right that we use all the levers we can to bring them back into use.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To our London MPs, councillors, Assembly Members and trade union allies: thank you for everything you’re doing for the captial. Great to see so many friends and colleagues at the London Labour reception in Liverpool last night, and introduce Chancellor John Healey.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hello Liverpool! 👋🏻
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This morning I chaired the fourth meeting of our London Housing Mission Board which brings together key players in the sector with the aim of accelerating housing delivery. Today we looked in depth at the cost of delivering new homes.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Read what we're doing to kickstart housebuilding here👇 www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
london.gov.uk
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm speaking at #LREF about how the Mayor is streamlining planning, unblocking sites and shaping the future of housing in London. London needs more homes and we're doing all we can to deliver them. Now we've laid the foundations, the sector must work with us to get building.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
More than 150 sites covering more than 100,000 homes have already been submitted to NHA LDN and ATLAS LDN. If you’re attending #LREF on the 16th September come and speak to the team about sites that may need support to get moving. Submit your site here: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Delivering new homes is a top priority for @london.gov.uk. The Mayor’s NHA LDN and ATLAS LDN programmes are working with partners to remove barriers that delay delivery, and are supporting the acceleration of home building across London. I saw this first hand in Crayford.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The funeral of a war criminal takes place today. It’s shocking that Serbia continues to glorify him. There’s an incredible BBC doc about the collapse of Yugoslavia and the Bosnian war in which men like Mladic boast about their war crimes on camera. youtu.be/tj9Zw5fN3rE?...
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The Death of Yugoslavia: Enter Nationalism 1/6
YouTube video by Ethnovision
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
London is leading the way nationally on council home building, with half of all new council homes in England built in the capital last year. Great to join Angela Rayner, Matthew Pennycook and Sadiq Khan to visit Greenwich Council’s Kidbrooke Park development - 452 brand new council homes.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Today we are announcing over £6bn for affordable housing in London. 70% of it will be social housing and 60% will be delivered by councils. It’s the first allocation from @london.gov.uk’s new Social and Affordable Homes Programme of up to £11.7bn over ten years.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Amazing!
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This week the government announced a major intervention to tackle rough sleeping in London. London will receive £168m to help people off the streets and tackle homelessness at its root. Together we will end rough sleeping for good.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is extraordinary - a @qmul.bsky.social study has found that children’s lung development accelerated following the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) by @london.gov.uk. It’s taken bold action and leadership to clean up London’s air.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There have been some encouraging signs already this year - we’ve just had two consecutive quarters in which the number of people sleeping rough has fallen in London. Still much to do, but an encouraging sign the Mayor of London’s Plan of Action on Rough Sleeping is bearing fruit.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It’s fantastic news that London will receive £168m of additional funding to support people off the streets - 38% of the national total. We’re determined to support the PM’s drive to ensure everyone has a safe place to sleep, working with London Councils and charities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham unveils plan to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas
Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Building new homes in well-connected places near stations is just common sense. I welcome the government’s changes to planning rules to make this easier. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
standard.co.uk
Rayner tears up planning rules to fuel new homes boom near Tube and rail stations
‘Minimum density expectations’ will also make it easier for developers to build upwards to tackle the housing crisis in the capital and other cities
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Affordable housing starts in London have tripled compared to the same period last year. Completions are also up by 76%. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/afforda...
insidehousing.co.uk
Affordable starts in London triple in first quarter, figures reveal
Affordable housing starts in London more than tripled in the first quarter of the financial year, according to the latest figures from the Greater London Authority (GLA).
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We had a fantastic turnout from London at the WorldPride march in Amsterdam. This year is very special because it marks 25 years since same-sex marriage was legalised in The Netherlands - the first country to do so. The then-Mayor of Amsterdam officiated at the first weddings.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
London is bidding to host WorldPride 2032! We’ve launched a competition to design a logo outline for the bid. The winning design will be filled by thousands of photos submitted by LGBTQIA+ people from around the world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
London launches bid to host WorldPride in 2032
If successful, the festival would coincide with the 60th anniversary of London's first Pride march.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Oh snap!
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
2032 marks 60 years since London’s first Pride march, and a lot has changed for the better since then. But as Sadiq Khan has written in this piece supporting London’s bid, progress cannot be taken for granted and hard-won rights must be defended. www.independent.co.uk/voices/londo...
independent.co.uk
This is why I’m backing London’s bid to host WorldPride
Sixty years after London’s first Pride march, WorldPride would give us the chance to celebrate the extraordinary progress we’ve made, says Sadiq Khan
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I was so delighted to help launch London’s bid to host WorldPride 2032 at an event in this year’s host city, Amsterdam. It was great to hear from bid partners @prideinlondon.bsky.social UK Black Pride and Outernet about how LGBTQIA+ communities will be at the heart of London’s bid.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Renters’ Rights Act was the biggest boost to private tenants’ rights in a generation. Now bidding is open for the Mayor’s Renters’ Rights Enforcement Fund, which will fund up to two orgs to help renters understand their rights and challenge rogue landlords. www.london.gov.uk/mayor-helps-...
london.gov.uk
Mayor helps London’s renters use their new rights and stand up to rogue landlords
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced funding to ensure the Government’s landmark Renters’ Rights Act provides robust protection and improved conditions for the capital’s private renters.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I can’t believe an actual prime minister has fewer grey hairs than me! 😭 Lovely to meet Rob Jetten at World Pride in Amsterdam.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It’s very encouraging to see another fall in the number of people sleeping rough in London. It’s a sign the Mayor’s Plan of Action and our joint work on ending homelessness with London Councils is bearing fruit. But we know there is still much more to do. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/rough-s...
insidehousing.co.uk
Rough sleeping falls by 10% in London following introduction of Sadiq Khan’s action plan
The number of rough sleepers in London has fallen by 10% compared to last year, following the introduction of a Mayoral Rough Sleeping Action Plan.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme is working to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness in London. It was great to chair the first meeting of the board since the local elections with new London Councils co-chair Cllr Anthony Okereke.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The attack on LGBTQ+ people at Berlin Pride is absolutely horrifying. My thoughts are with everyone affected, and my heart goes out to the family and friends of the person tragically killed and those injured.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The first phase of 1,500 homes will also deliver east London’s first new public riverside park since 2000, and a new DLR station will be built - Thames Wharf.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It’s fantastic news that the Thameside West development is moving forward, which is being delivered by our partners Arada London. This exciting regeneration scheme in the Royal Docks will deliver a total of 5,000 homes, 35% of which will be affordable. www.estatesgazette.co.uk/news/arada-u...
estatesgazette.co.uk
Arada unveils first phase of £2.5bn Thameside West regeneration
Developer targets 1,500 homes in first stage of 5,000-home Royal Docks scheme
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It’s fantastic to hear @andyburnham.bsky.social commit to council home building and ending rough sleeping. @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social committed in his manifesto to ending rough sleeping in London by 2030 and we look forward to working with this government to deliver on that pledge.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Mayor’s new draft London Plan sets out how we will make the best use of land, including building new homes near public transport. Places for London have a key role to play delivering homes by stations, and it was good to join their panel at the London Labour conference.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
London has just recorded the first annual fall in the number of people sleeping rough in a non-Covid year since 2017. At LGA conference I set out how the Mayor’s Plan of Action on Rough Sleeping and our Ending Homelessness Accelerator Programme with London Councils are starting to bear fruit.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s new draft London Plan is out today, and we’re asking you to help shape it. It’s streamlined - around half the length of the previous London Plan - and has housing and growth at its heart. You can read it and have your say here: 🔗 www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s new draft London Plan is out today, and we’re asking you to help shape it. It’s streamlined - around half the length of the previous London Plan - and has housing and growth at its heart. You can read it and have your say here: 🔗 www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
London Living Rent was introduced by @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social and has helped thousands of Londoners who can’t afford to rent privately. In his new London Social and Affordable Homes Programme the Mayor is also introducing Key Worker Living Rent, with rents based on key worker incomes.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Once a derelict dockside site, Royal Albert Wharf is now a thriving community. As the last of the 1,856 homes complete, I had a tour of the site and met one of the residents of the London Living Rent homes. Thanks to @london.gov.uk funding, 45% of the homes are affordable.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It was great to sit down with @jessmccabe.bsky.social @insidehousing.bsky.social to discuss our emergency package of measures to boost home building in London, council housing and our new City Hall Developer. www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/lond...
insidehousing.co.uk
London deputy mayor Tom Copley on council housebuilding, Help to Buy and emergency measures
Tom Copley is in charge of tackling homelessness and building new homes in the capital. Jess McCabe sits down with the deputy London mayor to find out more.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The development includes key worker housing for NHS workers, and new council homes. Historic buildings have been restored, and an expanded Peace Garden created. Huge congratulations to Peabody and Hill for reaching this milestone, and to KCA architects for their design.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We just celebrated the first new homes at Northgate Park in Haringey. This is a very special development for City Hall. As well as funding affordable homes, the Mayor bought the site from the NHS using his Land Fund. That means 60% of the 995 homes will be affordable.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Last month we published our Local Remediation Acceleration Plan for London, which will speed up cladding remediation and make homes safer for Londoners.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I joined Building Safety Minister Samantha Dixon MP to see progress on a building undergoing cladding remediation with funding from the Building Safety Fund. The visit highlighted many complexities including multiple defects, site constraints and a developer/freeholder who refused to engage.
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Tom Copley @tomcopley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In London we’ve taken inspiration from Singapore for our City Hall developer, and from Vienna for low-cost loans for housing associations. Good to discuss how we’re learning from other cities - and how they’re learning from London - at the @thefabians.bsky.social Housing Summit.
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