London's Oxford Street, one of Britain's busiest and most famous shopping districts, will be pedestrianised, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday, in a move designed to smarten up the area and create a new public space to help drive growth.

London’s Labour mayor has long advocated removing traffic from the capital city’s main shopping street despite previous opposition from Westminster council, the local borough. On Tuesday, Khan said he was moving forward with the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street with detailed proposals to be published later this year.