Marble Arch Mound costs have nearly doubled

The cost of building — and later removing — the now notorious Marble Arch Mound has nearly doubled from the original £3.3 million to £6 million.
As a result, Westminster Council’s deputy leader, Melvyn Caplan, who led the Mound project has resigned, while the council has launched a review into how the project went so badly wrong.
The mound was supposed to cost £2 million to design, build and remove — plus £0.5 million for permanent improvements in