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Only 4,000 people across London have endorsed the Mayor's plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street.

Cllr Paul Swaddle OBE, Leader of the Opposition Conservative Group at Westminster Council, has today spoken out against Labour Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan's plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street - plans which are only backed by 4,000 people across the whole of London!Paul explainsI'm here on Oxford Street.

Time for tougher powers to deal with begging, trespass and tentsWestminster Conservatives are glad the Government will scrap the Vagrancy Act and stop making rough sleeping a crime.

Three years ago, the new Labour Council took power promising to build new homes, improve services and place local estate residents at the very heart of housing. Today, those promises are increasingly hollow.

The single most important issue that residents tell us matters to them is feeling safe when walking around the area. 

Unfortunately, we regularly receive reports about shoplifting in Marylebone.We have managed to get the council to install several CCTV cameras.

The fight to reverse Labour’s cruel cuts to the winter fuel allowance is not over.

This Labour-led Council is failing our City on housing. Since 2022, when Labour took control, they have failed to add any significant numbers to the house-building plan for the Council.

On Monday 19 May, the Labour-led Westminster Council instructed Morgan Sindall to start removing internal doors in Holcroft Court.

Westminster is at the heart of London’s diverse hospitality and visitor economy.

My team and I have been fighting for well over a year for this Labour-run City Council to deal properly with tents that have popped up across our city. They are singularly failing to do so. Tents often hide drugs misuse and sexual assaults. And have associated human fouling.