:00:10. > :00:15.Good evening. The number of homes being built in
:00:16. > :00:18.London which are funded by the mayor has fallen to its lowest level since
:00:19. > :00:21.he took office six years ago, according to figures from the
:00:22. > :00:25.Greater London Authority. It comes on the day a report by a leading
:00:26. > :00:28.estate agent says the rate of population growth in the capital has
:00:29. > :00:31.outstripped the rate of new homes by about 75%. Our political
:00:32. > :00:35.correspondent Karl Mercer reports. Homes are being built across London,
:00:36. > :00:39.the sound of drilling and the sight of cranes becoming more common as
:00:40. > :00:43.the economy begins to improve. The problem is that this sort of sight
:00:44. > :00:46.is not common enough. This Peabody Homes development in North
:00:47. > :00:52.Kensington will see around 120 homes go up by next year, most of them
:00:53. > :00:55.affordable. But the truth is that London's a long way behind building
:00:56. > :00:58.the number of homes it needs to. The mayor's offices says that just to
:00:59. > :01:04.keep pace with demand, London needs to build 42,000 homes a year. But
:01:05. > :01:07.last year the capital added just over half of that to its housing
:01:08. > :01:12.stock, just over 21,000 new properties. That's the lowest level
:01:13. > :01:15.in the last nine years. And the number of largely affordable homes
:01:16. > :01:17.funded by City Hall is also falling. Six years ago, 11,500 homes were
:01:18. > :01:24.completed. That rose to more than 19,000 in
:01:25. > :01:31.2011, but last year was less than 9,000. And this graph shows the
:01:32. > :01:34.problem the capital faces. Its population has risen by 14% since
:01:35. > :01:38.2002, the number of jobs by 15% but the number of new homes has only
:01:39. > :01:48.gone up 9%. The gap is getting wider.
:01:49. > :01:55.One of the problems that we are all seeing now is that supply is just
:01:56. > :02:01.not there. We are falling short of the demand that London has got four
:02:02. > :02:06.more homes. London is growing by 100,000 people a year, but the
:02:07. > :02:19.housing supply is not to matching that or even keeping pace with what
:02:20. > :02:26.we need before that growth. 93,000 houses have started to be built, but
:02:27. > :02:30.123,000 homes haven't even started. As always, it is about politicians
:02:31. > :02:36.being brave enough to confront the blockages. People don't want houses
:02:37. > :02:44.next door. We are suggesting building new suburbs, but the people
:02:45. > :02:48.living near their will on them jet. `` will object.
:02:49. > :02:50.And that has long been a problem for politicians and developers alike.
:02:51. > :02:54.Business leaders want a short list of public land that can be used for
:02:55. > :02:56.homes drawn up. Without it, they say, the city will falter.
:02:57. > :02:59.Well, in response City Hall says: The Mayor has set the most ambitious
:03:00. > :03:02.house`building targets in City Hall's history. And during his
:03:03. > :03:03.tenure, a record 100,000 low`cost homes are being built by the mayor
:03:04. > :03:10.by 2016. There's been a fire tonight in a
:03:11. > :03:13.market in Camden in north London. It broke out just after eight o'clock
:03:14. > :03:22.this evening. Let's get more from Marc Ashdown who's there. If you
:03:23. > :03:28.were in north London this evening, you might have seen a large cloud of
:03:29. > :03:33.smoke flowing over Camden. That is because the famous stables market
:03:34. > :03:37.was on fire. There are about 450 stalls there. 600 people were
:03:38. > :03:42.evacuated before the fire brigade even arrived. 30 firefighters have
:03:43. > :03:51.been on the scene all evening with tackling the blaze. It is fairly
:03:52. > :03:56.quiet now. No reported injuries, but this will bring back memories of
:03:57. > :04:03.2008 when a large fire devastated much of Camden market. No injuries
:04:04. > :04:09.there, but a huge amount of damage. The main roads around here are
:04:10. > :04:12.closed, causing traffic issues. As we know, they don't appear to be any
:04:13. > :04:17.injuries, they appear to have brought this under control quite
:04:18. > :04:23.safely. Thank you for the update, Marc.
:04:24. > :04:26.Scotland Yard's head of armed policing has warned that proposals
:04:27. > :04:29.to stop officers talking to each other in the aftermath of a fatal
:04:30. > :04:33.shooting by police could lead to a drop in the number of firearms
:04:34. > :04:35.officers in the capital. He says the plans drawn up by the police
:04:36. > :04:39.watchdog would leave them feeling criminalised. Here's our home
:04:40. > :04:43.affairs correspondent Guy Smith. He is a volunteer, as are more than
:04:44. > :04:48.2000 firearms of this in the next four top but there are now fears
:04:49. > :04:56.that a substantial number may put down their weapons. The police
:04:57. > :04:59.watchdog, the IPCC, is objecting to changes in how officers provide
:05:00. > :05:04.evidence after a death or serious injury. The police watchdog is
:05:05. > :05:07.bearing its teeth. It plans to make it a legal requirement for Scotland
:05:08. > :05:11.Yard officers to be separated after a serious incident so that they can
:05:12. > :05:21.write up their witness statement Looe independently. `` their witness
:05:22. > :05:47.statements. Commander Neal Bassi says:
:05:48. > :05:52.That is something Irene Stanley disagrees with. A husband was shot
:05:53. > :05:59.dead in 1989 in Hackney. Armed police mistook a table leg he was
:06:00. > :06:02.carrying for a shot gun. She believes the guidance for officers
:06:03. > :06:09.should have changed years ago. They shouldn't be allowed it together and
:06:10. > :06:17.write their reports. They could be copying each other's notes. In an
:06:18. > :06:22.ideal world, we wouldn't carry guns, but the reality is that they are
:06:23. > :06:28.carried, and if police are using arms to protect their own personal
:06:29. > :06:33.interest, that is not a good road to be going down. The Met says it is
:06:34. > :06:36.consulting with the police watchdog. The Home Office will ultimately
:06:37. > :06:40.decide on whether any changes go ahead.
:06:41. > :06:44.I'll wish you a very good night and hand you over to Wendy for the
:06:45. > :06:49.weather, which has been rather lovely.
:06:50. > :06:56.It has, 26 degrees today. If you are going to Chelsea Flower Show
:06:57. > :07:05.tomorrow, it will feel warm, but there is an increasing chance of
:07:06. > :07:10.some showers. Through much of tonight, there will be dried, clear
:07:11. > :07:15.conditions. A warm night, 13, 14 Celsius. And through the day
:07:16. > :07:20.tomorrow, we have that risk of one or two showers, but a decent amount
:07:21. > :07:30.of sunshine on and off throughout the day. Hi if 21 Celsius tomorrow.
:07:31. > :07:33.And on the outlook, and settled conditions to come. Here's Nina
:07:34. > :07:41.Ridge. Good evening. Our hotspot today was
:07:42. > :07:48.Heathrow in London at 26 Celsius. Thunderstorms are rumbling on as
:07:49. > :08:02.they push their way northwards. We will start dragging some mist and
:08:03. > :08:08.low cloud. More of those thundery downpours to content with tomorrow.
:08:09. > :08:12.Our main area of concern is through the south-west. A lot of rain
:08:13. > :08:17.falling in a short space of time with potentially gusty winds. The
:08:18. > :08:27.showers will drift their way northwards as the day goes on. We
:08:28. > :08:33.keep a lot of the mist and low cloud, pegging back the
:08:34. > :08:37.temperatures, but some areas could see temperatures in the 20s. The
:08:38. > :08:39.forecast for this week will