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Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Oxford Street ‘hardest hit in Europe by Covid’, says Westminster council leader

Oxford Street is in danger of being swamped by US style candy and tourist tat shops after being hit harder than any other major shopping destination in Europe during the pandemic, Westminster council’s leader will warn on Wednesday.

Rachael Robathan is due to say that “the decline of Oxford Street will continue” with more low grade stores or empty sites unless urgent steps are taken to revive it in a hard hitting speech at Wednesday evening’s full council meeting.

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