Members of a group of rough sleepers recently evicted from an encampment on Park Lane are believed to have relocated to locations on Oxford Street. Video footage recently shared online showed a long line of people outside John Lewis, with another group also known to be sleeping by the M&S .

Westminster City Council , the local authority, has confirmed it believes some of them were among those in the Park Lane encampment dismantled by Transport for London (TfL) earlier this summer.

A spokesperson for the council said its rough sleeping teams are out speaking with people across the city seven days a week, and that when they are prepared to engage with officers, “we can offer routes to hostel accommodation and help with addiction and mental health issues”.

The Park Lane encampment,

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