The Mayor of London has announced £145m funding to carry our repair and renovation work on old council homes.

Boris Johnson has said the funding will go towards replacing dilapidated roofs, doors and windows, to rewiring, and updating outmoded bathrooms and kitchens.

The funds will be used on internal and external repairs to help improve living conditions for thousands of local authority residents, across nine London boroughs.

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Improvements will soon be underway in Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Haringey, Tower Hamlets, Camden, Lambeth, Kingston upon Thames, Southwark and Sutton, with the funds secured by the Mayor through the Government's 'Decent Homes Backlog Funding' programme.

Mr Johnson said: "As London's population continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, and we strive to double the number of new homes being built across the capital, maintaining the quality of London's essential existing housing stock is vital.

"These improvement works, in those homes in most urgent need of repair, are essential to ensure a decent quality of life for thousands of Londoners."

(CD/JP)