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Sadiq Khan's mid-term report as Mayor of London can today be revealed as less house building, higher serious crime and a transport system running up its biggest ever deficit.

After more than two years in office and with just 20 months before he asks voters for a second term, Mr Khan has yet to deliver on key promises he made in 2016.

And in a massive blow, the Evening Standard has learned that he faces being cut out of housing projects worth billions of pounds because of his slow record on delivering homes.

Government sources revealed that they are drawing up plans to deal directly with boroughs, such as Labour-run Southwark that have a record of getting things done, in order to bypass a Mayor they claim is a roadblock to desperately-needed flats and houses.

However, the Mayor has succeeded in raising the share of affordable housing under way — and has taken tough and controversial action to tackle the scandal of London’s dirty air.

In a special investigation this week, the Standard spotlights the areas that Londoners rated as their biggest priorities in 2016 when Mr Khan ran for office — housing, crime, transport and tackling air pollution.

It reveals mixed results in all four and suggests the biggest issue at the next mayoral election in 2020 will be his record of delivery.

In housing, although the Mayor won £4.8 billion of government funding to cover 116,000 affordable homes by 2022, he started 12,555 in his second full year and is “on track” for 14,000 this year.

To deliver all he has committed to, Mr Khan would need to build 23,000 a year over four years to catch up. A survey of major housebuilders found the number of new homes started in the private sector has gone down by eight per cent under Mr Khan.

However, he has succeeded in greatly increasing the proportion of construction rated as “genuinely affordable housing”, from 13 per cent to 34 per cent.

Crime has risen four per cent — with violent crime up five per cent and robberies up 22 per cent in the most recent figures — increases that the Mayor partly blames on government cuts to police numbers.

Knife crime has surged by 48 per cent to the highest level in seven years, with more than 14,998 offences in the year ending in July. Moped-enabled crime surged from 4,663 offences in 2016 to a staggering 23,869 in 2017.

In the past year to August 28, there have been 18,332, indicating the scourge is coming down.

On transport, Mr Khan’s manifesto promised to make Transport for London a “more efficient and profitable operation”.

However, last week the long-awaited Crossrail scheme was delayed , which will reduce projected revenues, and TfL is holding a review of bus services that is expected to see routes into central London pared back.

​TfL this year announced a record deficit of almost £1 billion amid falling passenger numbers on some services and severe government grant cuts of £700 million.

Mr Khan’s fares freeze, a key manifesto pledge, is thought to have cost TfL £640 million at the same time as it is coping with the phased withdrawal of government subsidies. TfL aims to eliminate the deficit by 2021 through efficiencies.

On London’s toxic air problem, Mr Khan took bold action to encourage cleaner, greener vehicles. He has already brought in a £10-a-day T-Charge for older vehicles entering central London and is expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone. Targets include making buses zero emission by 2030 and ending licensing of diesel taxis by 2030.

On housing, Mr Khan’s spokesman today said he had “smashed previous records” for affordable homes since City Hall was created.

Whitehall sources claim City Hall under Mr Khan is heaping delays and red tape onto housing schemes.

A source close to Communities Secretary James Brokenshire said: “James has been clear he wants to work constructively with the Mayor to build the houses London needs. But when performance standards aren’t being met, James is prepared to act. If that means working more directly with individual or groups of boroughs, then that’s something to be considered.”

A spokesman for the Mayor said: “Sadiq has started a record number of genuinely affordable homes, exceeding targets agreed with the Government. This is despite the horrendous legacy left by the previous mayor and the huge cuts ministers have made to funding for affordable homes. The Mayor’s priority is building social rented and other genuinely affordable homes instead of luxury flats.”