Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A key member of Sir Sadiq Khan’s new Oxford Street quango dropped a bombshell within minutes of the start of its first meeting by declaring: “I wish we weren’t here.” Adam Hug, the Labour leader of Westminster council, made clear to fellow board members of the Oxford Street development corporation that Sir Sadiq’s decision to seize control of Oxford Street had derailed the council’s own plans to regenerate the nation’s most famous high street. “We would rather this body didn’t exist and we weren’t here,” Mr Hug said, only minutes after Sir Sadiq said his description of the new board was: “Avengers Assemble!” Mr Hug also rejected suggestions from other board members that Oxford Street continued to suffer a post-pandemic hangover, saying it had already “bounced back” with new stores opening and shoppers returning.
Published: January 7, 2026 4:22 pm
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