Tom Copley
@tomcopley.bsky.social
Deputy Mayor of London for Housing • Former London Assembly Member • Former Lewisham councillor • Geriatric Millennial
A cap on ground rent is very welcome. London has the highest number (1.4m) and proportion (38%) of leasehold homes.
Ministers have faced down concerted lobbying by powerful freeholder interest groups to deliver this key reform, rejecting their increasingly hyperbolic arguments.
Ministers have faced down concerted lobbying by powerful freeholder interest groups to deliver this key reform, rejecting their increasingly hyperbolic arguments.
January 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
A cap on ground rent is very welcome. London has the highest number (1.4m) and proportion (38%) of leasehold homes.
Ministers have faced down concerted lobbying by powerful freeholder interest groups to deliver this key reform, rejecting their increasingly hyperbolic arguments.
Ministers have faced down concerted lobbying by powerful freeholder interest groups to deliver this key reform, rejecting their increasingly hyperbolic arguments.
Reposted by Tom Copley
We promised in our manifesto to “tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges”.
We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.
We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.
January 27, 2026 at 7:22 AM
We promised in our manifesto to “tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges”.
We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.
We’re honouring that commitment today by legislating to cap ground rents at £250 per year, changing to peppercorn after 40 years.
Reposted by Tom Copley
We’re bringing rent-controlled homes to London as part of the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s new £12bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
We’re bringing rent-controlled homes to London as part of the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s new £12bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
We’re bringing rent-controlled homes to London as part of the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s new £12bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
January 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
We’re bringing rent-controlled homes to London as part of the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s new £12bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
Key Worker Living Rent will help the people we need to keep our city running afford to live in London, and could save tenants on average £7,000 a year.
Reposted by Tom Copley
Ground rent is money for nothing - a charge levied on leaseholders by freeholders, often based overseas.
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is this Labour party for rich investors or hard-working leaseholders? We must make that clear today | Angela Rayner
A titanic battle is raging to prevent us capping crippling ground rents that families have to pay, often to faceless companies. We must fight and win it, says MP and former deputy PM Angela Rayner
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Ground rent is money for nothing - a charge levied on leaseholders by freeholders, often based overseas.
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ground rent is money for nothing - a charge levied on leaseholders by freeholders, often based overseas.
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is this Labour party for rich investors or hard-working leaseholders? We must make that clear today | Angela Rayner
A titanic battle is raging to prevent us capping crippling ground rents that families have to pay, often to faceless companies. We must fight and win it, says MP and former deputy PM Angela Rayner
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Ground rent is money for nothing - a charge levied on leaseholders by freeholders, often based overseas.
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Angela Rayner is right that the government must face down lobbying from wealthy freeholders and deliver on its manifesto promise to cap ground rents. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today we are bringing rent-controlled homes to London, launching @london.gov.uk’s new Key Worker Living Rent tenure.
@sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social has a manifesto commitment to get 6,000 of these affordable homes underway by 2030, saving the average key worker £7,000 per year on a 2-bed flat.
@sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social has a manifesto commitment to get 6,000 of these affordable homes underway by 2030, saving the average key worker £7,000 per year on a 2-bed flat.
January 20, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Today we are bringing rent-controlled homes to London, launching @london.gov.uk’s new Key Worker Living Rent tenure.
@sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social has a manifesto commitment to get 6,000 of these affordable homes underway by 2030, saving the average key worker £7,000 per year on a 2-bed flat.
@sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social has a manifesto commitment to get 6,000 of these affordable homes underway by 2030, saving the average key worker £7,000 per year on a 2-bed flat.
It’s not letting me reply to you for some reason, but that bedspread is one LCC/GLC thing I’ve yet to find on eBay! 😍
I’m sure @nickbowes.bsky.social would love it too.
I’m sure @nickbowes.bsky.social would love it too.
January 18, 2026 at 11:48 AM
It’s not letting me reply to you for some reason, but that bedspread is one LCC/GLC thing I’ve yet to find on eBay! 😍
I’m sure @nickbowes.bsky.social would love it too.
I’m sure @nickbowes.bsky.social would love it too.
Feels quite apt that the FT Weekend have quoted a National Civil War Centre volunteer and a knife sharpener in their piece on Jenrick’s defection to Reform.
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Feels quite apt that the FT Weekend have quoted a National Civil War Centre volunteer and a knife sharpener in their piece on Jenrick’s defection to Reform.
It’s a beautiful sunny morning in the @yourroyaldocks.bsky.social. ☀️
January 14, 2026 at 9:31 AM
It’s a beautiful sunny morning in the @yourroyaldocks.bsky.social. ☀️
2026 is going to be a big year for housing in London. In 60 seconds, here’s some of what we’ve got to look forward to.
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 AM
2026 is going to be a big year for housing in London. In 60 seconds, here’s some of what we’ve got to look forward to.
The Iranian regime can only survive by massacring its own people. I am in awe of the extraordinary bravery of those Iranians who came out to protest this tyranny. www.iranintl.com/en/202601130...
At least 12,000 killed in Iran crackdown as blackout deepens
Iran is under a coordinated blackout aimed not only at security control but at concealing the truth. Internet cuts, crippled communications, media shutdowns, and intimidation of journalists and witnes...
www.iranintl.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The Iranian regime can only survive by massacring its own people. I am in awe of the extraordinary bravery of those Iranians who came out to protest this tyranny. www.iranintl.com/en/202601130...
As those of us who actually live in London know, it’s a safe city.
The homicide rate is now the lowest ever on record.
How do we compare?
🇬🇧 London: 1.1 murder per 100k
🇫🇷 Paris: 1.6
🇺🇸 NYC: 2.8
🇧🇪 Brussels: 2.9
🇩🇪 Berlin: 3.2
🇺🇸 LA: 5.6
🇺🇸 Houston: 10.5
🇺🇸 Philadelphia: 12.3
The homicide rate is now the lowest ever on record.
How do we compare?
🇬🇧 London: 1.1 murder per 100k
🇫🇷 Paris: 1.6
🇺🇸 NYC: 2.8
🇧🇪 Brussels: 2.9
🇩🇪 Berlin: 3.2
🇺🇸 LA: 5.6
🇺🇸 Houston: 10.5
🇺🇸 Philadelphia: 12.3
January 12, 2026 at 10:33 AM
As those of us who actually live in London know, it’s a safe city.
The homicide rate is now the lowest ever on record.
How do we compare?
🇬🇧 London: 1.1 murder per 100k
🇫🇷 Paris: 1.6
🇺🇸 NYC: 2.8
🇧🇪 Brussels: 2.9
🇩🇪 Berlin: 3.2
🇺🇸 LA: 5.6
🇺🇸 Houston: 10.5
🇺🇸 Philadelphia: 12.3
The homicide rate is now the lowest ever on record.
How do we compare?
🇬🇧 London: 1.1 murder per 100k
🇫🇷 Paris: 1.6
🇺🇸 NYC: 2.8
🇧🇪 Brussels: 2.9
🇩🇪 Berlin: 3.2
🇺🇸 LA: 5.6
🇺🇸 Houston: 10.5
🇺🇸 Philadelphia: 12.3
This morning Sadiq and I visited the Crisis at Christmas extended hotel service for rough sleepers, which is part-funded by City Hall. It was fantastic to hear first hand about the life changing work they’re doing to help homeless Londoners over the festive period.
@london.gov.uk & Deputy Mayor for Housing @tomcopley.bsky.social visited @crisis-uk.bsky.social's extended hotel service in East London today to see first-hand how £200,000 City Hall investment has helped support rough sleepers with secure accommodation over the recent festive period & into January.
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This morning Sadiq and I visited the Crisis at Christmas extended hotel service for rough sleepers, which is part-funded by City Hall. It was fantastic to hear first hand about the life changing work they’re doing to help homeless Londoners over the festive period.
Reposted by Tom Copley
@london.gov.uk & Deputy Mayor for Housing @tomcopley.bsky.social visited @crisis-uk.bsky.social's extended hotel service in East London today to see first-hand how £200,000 City Hall investment has helped support rough sleepers with secure accommodation over the recent festive period & into January.
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
@london.gov.uk & Deputy Mayor for Housing @tomcopley.bsky.social visited @crisis-uk.bsky.social's extended hotel service in East London today to see first-hand how £200,000 City Hall investment has helped support rough sleepers with secure accommodation over the recent festive period & into January.
I’ve finally caved and joined LinkedIn. If you’re there, add me: www.linkedin.com/in/tomcopley
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January 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I’ve finally caved and joined LinkedIn. If you’re there, add me: www.linkedin.com/in/tomcopley
Reposted by Tom Copley
London: temperatures have dropped.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Contact thestreetlink.org.uk if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and we'll get them out of the cold.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Contact thestreetlink.org.uk if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and we'll get them out of the cold.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
London: temperatures have dropped.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Contact thestreetlink.org.uk if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and we'll get them out of the cold.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Contact thestreetlink.org.uk if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and we'll get them out of the cold.
On a real “wtaf” day for news, it’s lovely to have a sunny winter walk along the glorious South Bank.
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
On a real “wtaf” day for news, it’s lovely to have a sunny winter walk along the glorious South Bank.
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❄️ SWEP is activated when the temperature is forecast to drop below 0 anywhere in London.
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
❄️ SWEP is activated when the temperature is forecast to drop below 0 anywhere in London.
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
❄️ SWEP is activated when the temperature is forecast to drop below 0 anywhere in London.
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
❄️ SWEP is activated when the temperature is forecast to drop below 0 anywhere in London.
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
🛌 Emergency accommodation is opened.
🤝 No one is asked to leave without an offer of support to end their rough sleeping.
You can connect people you see sleeping rough via thestreetlink.org.uk
Reposted by Tom Copley
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
When it comes to Christmas albums I don’t think anyone can beat Barbra Streisand’s 1967 A Christmas Album. From Jingle Bells to The Lord’s Prayer 10/10 no notes. open.spotify.com/album/49tPV1...
A Christmas Album
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
When it comes to Christmas albums I don’t think anyone can beat Barbra Streisand’s 1967 A Christmas Album. From Jingle Bells to The Lord’s Prayer 10/10 no notes. open.spotify.com/album/49tPV1...
City Hall works with MOPAC to provide safe accomodation and support to victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
@kayaschwartz.bsky.social and I visited the Camden Respite Rooms and met with the Domestic Abuse Navigator service who support women experiencing multiple disadvantage.
@kayaschwartz.bsky.social and I visited the Camden Respite Rooms and met with the Domestic Abuse Navigator service who support women experiencing multiple disadvantage.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
City Hall works with MOPAC to provide safe accomodation and support to victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
@kayaschwartz.bsky.social and I visited the Camden Respite Rooms and met with the Domestic Abuse Navigator service who support women experiencing multiple disadvantage.
@kayaschwartz.bsky.social and I visited the Camden Respite Rooms and met with the Domestic Abuse Navigator service who support women experiencing multiple disadvantage.
It was wonderful to be joined by local residents to celebrate Merton Council breaking ground on the first new council homes in the borough in a generation.
Phase 1 will see 75 new council homes built across 3 sites, funded by the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s Affordable Homes Programme.
Phase 1 will see 75 new council homes built across 3 sites, funded by the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s Affordable Homes Programme.
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It was wonderful to be joined by local residents to celebrate Merton Council breaking ground on the first new council homes in the borough in a generation.
Phase 1 will see 75 new council homes built across 3 sites, funded by the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s Affordable Homes Programme.
Phase 1 will see 75 new council homes built across 3 sites, funded by the Mayor of @london.gov.uk’s Affordable Homes Programme.
I’m horrified to hear the terrible news from Australia. An attack on the Jewish community celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach. My thoughts are with all those affected, the victims, their families and friends.
December 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m horrified to hear the terrible news from Australia. An attack on the Jewish community celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach. My thoughts are with all those affected, the victims, their families and friends.