It’s the mound what won it: new Westminster Labour leader says voters rejected £6m farce

Mound of controversy: the Marble Arch attraction cost £6 million and became and object of ridicule

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The first Labour leader of Westminster council has told how seizing key wards surrounding the Marble Arch Mound swept the party to power in a tide of anger over the £6 million white elephant.

Adam Hug, 41, was last week confirmed as the first non-Tory elected head of Britain’s richest borough since it was created in 1964.