London Councils has congratulated Keir Starmer on his appointment as Prime Minister and reiterated its commitment to working in partnership with the national government to tackle the challenges facing the capital.

Deputy Chair of London Councils, Cllr Claire Holland, said: “We share many common goals: driving sustainable and inclusive growth, delivering new homes and infrastructure, tackling homelessness, and improving people’s health and wellbeing.

“With national and local government working together through a mission-led approach, we can secure a fairer, greener and more prosperous future for Londoners and for the country as a whole.

“Ensuring the financial stability of London boroughs is crucial for enabling us to play our part in achieving these goals. Addressing the acute funding challenges facing local authorities must remain a top priority.

“A revised devolution settlement for London also has the potential to unlock new opportunities in the capital and ensure that the boroughs and the Mayor of London are suitably equipped to deliver at pace, working in partnership with the government to tackle the challenges we face.”

You can find the General Election results for all 75 London constituencies on London Councils' election map here.

In her first major speech as Chancellor earlier this week, Rachel Reeves promised to "get Britain building again" by bringing back compulsory housebuilding targets, recruiting more planning officers and accelerating stalled sites.

Following the speech, London Councils Deputy Chair Cllr Claire Holland, said:  “Boroughs are strongly pro-housing growth and welcome the Chancellor prioritising this pivotal issue. We’re standing with hardhats on, shovels in hand, and ready to work with the government on our shared housebuilding ambitions.

“There is a desperate need to build more homes in the capital. Without new housing – particularly affordable housing and homes for social rent – London’s homelessness crisis will only continue to worsen. The capital’s future success depends upon us tackling this.

“Boroughs have a key role to play. We have a good record in supporting housebuilding and in granting planning permission, but we’re keen to go even further in ensuring more homes get built, more quickly. As well as reforming the planning system to maximise delivery, we also need to look at the wider challenges undermining housebuilding – such as lack of crucial local infrastructure, construction skills shortages, and insufficient long-term funding for developing affordable homes.”

Fifteen council ward by-elections in 12 London boroughs took place on the day of the General Election. You can find full results for all of them via the links below (wards in brackets), and a summary of the results in the table.

Barnet (Barnet Vale); Brent (Queen's Park); Hackney (Cazenove); Haringey (Hornsey); Hounslow (Hanworth Village); Kingston upon Thames (Hook & Chessington North); Lambeth (Streatham Common & Vale); Lewisham (Blackheath); Merton (Figges Marsh and St Helier); Newham (Forest Gate North and Maryland); Southwark (Faraday and Rye Lane); Westminster (Abbey Road).