Row breaks out over £1.5million cycle lane that would be alternative to blocked-off Oxford Street

Cyclists will be banned from Oxford Street under Sir Sadiq Khan’s pedestrianisaton scheme - (Ross Lydall)

A row had broken out over a £1.5m cycle lane that would help cyclists to ride more safely through central London – including when they are banned from Oxford Street.

Westminster council’s labour leadership has approved plans to build two east-west lanes in George Street, a couple of blocks north of Oxford Street.