Ian Clement, one of Boris Johnson's 'deputy mayors', pleaded guilty today of offences under the Fraud Act. Clement was charged with five offences last month over his misuse of a City Hall credit card. Today he pled guilty to three charges totalling £156.70, the remaining two were … [Read more...]
Ian Clement charged with fraud
September 4, 2009 By
Boris Johnson's decision to ignore advice from senior colleagues and political opponents alike by handing out the "bauble" job title of 'deputy mayor' to his advisors further tarnished the Greater London Authority today after former aide Ian Clement was charged with fraud. Clement, … [Read more...]
Boris and that incomplete u-turn
July 4, 2009 By
What to make of yesterday’s story that Boris Johnson is re-organising his team of appointed advisors to ensure the wider public know they’re not actually running anything? The decision certainly brings some of that transparency Boris keeps promising to introduce to the GLA, … [Read more...]
Johnson reorganises office and clarifies advisor posts
July 3, 2009 By
Boris Johnson is to reshape his office arrangements after the departure of Ian Clement, the 'deputy mayor' for Government relations, revealed the absence of a formal Chief of Staff, despite a widespread understanding at City Hall that advisor Sir Simon Milton held this responsibility. Giving … [Read more...]
Amid the anger, sanity finally breaks out over those ‘deputy mayors’
June 24, 2009 By
Skulking about in the corridors after today’s BMAC meeting, it was clear that Boris Johnson’s City Hall is a very angry place in the wake of Ian Clement’s misuse of his corporate credit card. There’s good cause to be angry, a meeting which would normally go unattended by … [Read more...]
City Hall call in police over Clement expenses
June 24, 2009 By
City Hall officials have held initial discussions with the Police over Ian Clement's expense claims, Members of the London Assembly Business Management and Administration Committee were told this morning. Martin Clarke, Executive Director for Resources at the Greater London, told … [Read more...]
Livingstone slams Johnson’s ‘managerial incompetence’
June 22, 2009 By
Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has accused Boris Johnson of presiding over “a record of extraordinary managerial incompetence” following the resignation of Mayoral aide Ian Clement for the misuse of his taxpayer funded credit card. On a damaging day which has seen … [Read more...]
London Assembly: Clement resignation won’t stop investigation
June 22, 2009 By
Today's resignation of Mayoral advisor Ian Clement won't prevent an investigation into the misuse of his card, a senior London Assembly Member has said. Jennette Arnold AM, Chair of the London Assembly Business Management and Administration Committee (BMAC) says the departure of … [Read more...]
