Dave Hill has a pretty devastating document from the GLA Monitoring Service, which completely contradicts Andrew Gilligan's repeated claim that he's never accused Lee Jasper of being a criminal: 2. The Evening Standard on 21 February [in an article by Andrew Gilligan] alleges that "Mr Jasper’s alleged offences are not… read more…

Some rather coy coverage from the Beeb about an arrest in the City Hall fraud inquiry: One man has been arrested and three homes have been raided by police investigating the fraud allegations surrounding a former aide to the mayor. The Metropolitan Police (Met) said it had searched homes in… read more…

So, the Boris Standard has done for Jasper. Jasper has resigned, but he and his correspondent have said this: Today both Mr Jasper, 49, a married father of nine, and Mrs Chouhan denied any impropriety. She said the emails were "banter" and that they had not been sexually involved. So… read more…

A fairly tortuous press release has been released stating the Lee Jasper has asked to be suspended and have all allegations against him referred to the police: The Mayor said: ‘I want to make completely clear the police have made no approach to me to refer these allegations. We are… read more…

The FT's Westminster blog ponders this morning on why the mainstream press aren't pursuing Lee Jasper with quite the - ahem - glee of the Standard: A growing number of pundits are wondering why the mainstream press aren't writing much - if anything - about Lee Jasper. The London mayor's… read more…

While BoJo tries to smooth over past transgressions, it's getting worse and worse for Ken. This morning, the deputy to his under-fire advisor Lee Jasper has quit, after flagrantly lying to the Beeb over an expenses-paid trip to Nigeria. It's the first high-level resignation among Livingstone's team during the current… read more…