Westminster City Council has called on the Government to amend planning regulations to allow local authorities to force telecoms companies to remove under-used phone boxes.
The council wants to scrap any phone kiosks that are used for fewer than 50 calls a month.
There are believed to be about 1,000 phone points in Westminster, but the estimated 100 iconic red phone boxes will be spared any cull.
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