Mayoral candidates Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith went head-to-head in their first TV debate this week – what do you think of their plans for London?

Affordable housing and better transport have been two of the biggest campaign issues between them, so it is no surprise they were the most debated topics on ITV’s Late Debate programme.

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Conservative candidate Mr Goldsmith, who earlier this week branded Labour’s Sadiq Khan ‘lazy’ over his affordable housing policy, took his rival to task over his commitment to freeze rail fares.

He reiterated Transport for London’s (TfL) intervention in the mayoral contest, in which they claimed the freeze would cost Londoners £1.9 billion and called on Mr Khan to come clean on which services he will cut to cover the loss.

He said: “If I were to promise what Sadiq Khan has promised I know that it would simply not be true, I know that it would be a promise that cannot be delivered.

“There is no one who is even remotely interested in transport who believes it is possible to take £2 billion out of the transport infrastructure and continue to grow the transport network.

“I know that if Sadiq Khan is elected and does keep that promise it would be catastrophic for London.”

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Mr Khan fervently denied the figure and claimed his plans are backed by London School of Economics director Tony Travers.

He said: “It is a fully funded package, Boris Johnson has increased the fares every year for the eight years and Londoners have suffered - we pay the most expensive fares on our tubes than any other city in Europe.

“The mayor’s increase this year cost £43 million, over four years it cost roughly speaking £400 million.

“We can make lots of savings, last year TfL spent £383 million on consultants and agency staff – we can cut that by half.

“We can merge engineering functions from underground and surface, that will save more than £400 million”

Both candidates committed to building more affordable homes across the capital.

Mr Goldsmith wants to free up Government owned land to allow for development and extending the transport network while Mr Khan wants to set up a City Hall based team to work with developers and local authorities to make sure half of all new homes built are affordable.

What do you think of their plans for London and who has your vote? Let us know in the comments below.