Londonist (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Despite being " surprised and saddened " on being charged with fraud a month ago, former Deputy Mayor Ian Clement coughed to misusing his corporate credit card yesterday. Instead of lunching council leaders, Clement had in fact been taking out his girlfriend and a PR executive. After pleading guilty, he sounded far more contrite : "I have failed to live up to the high...
Grant Blowers (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Well, Ian Clement has done the decent thing and pleaded guilty. Here's the press statement: "I have failed to live up to the high standards of office that were properly expected of me. I have given many years of dedicated public service to London, which has been my pride, my passion and my life. That is now over. "There is no denial in regards to my responsibility. I very much regret...
Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Conservative members of Bexley's Standards Committee have closed ranks with disgraced ex Councillor Ian Clement and refused to allow a standards investigation. A meeting of Bexley Council's standards committee held on Tuesday 29 September 2009 voted by six votes to three to drop any further investigation into the behaviour of ex Conservative council leader Ian Clement, on the grounds...
Tory Troll (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... love of transatlantic junkets and taxpayer-funded limousines. Like his sometime dining companion Ian Clement, Mr Cockell's grand visits to luxury international hotels were financed at the not so grand local-taxpayers' expense However, while Clement lied about his dining companions, Cockell failed to even declare the "colleague" he shared a meal with at the Four Seasons restaurant,...
Arthur Pewty's maggot sandwich (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
... for years, and I think it is high time the public received an answer. Former Bexley Council leader Ian Clement has fallen on his sword after admitting three counts of fraud, after being caught fiddling his expenses whilst employed as deputy Mayor of London - from what I gather this mainly involved the falsification of restaurant receipts, when he was wining and dining his mistress. I have...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... have been made." Her treatment contrasts with that of London Mayor Boris Johnson's former deputy, Ian Clement, who was last week handed a 12-week suspended jail sentence and given 100 hours' community service after admitting three charges of fraud in claiming meals with his girlfriend on expenses. Clement, 44, claimed £156.70 worth of meals which he said were business related when...
World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
... The sweet smell of failure: a large number of news outlets reported the sentencing on Tuesday of Ian Clement, a former deputy mayor of London, for fiddling his expenses. (Margaret Chandler read it on Yahoo! news.) Many of the reports noted: “Sentencing Clement, the judge said he ‘fragrantly and arrogantly’ abused public money to indulge himself with meals.”...
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
... head of the Arts Council for London. It comes in the same week that Johnson's former Deputy Mayor Ian Clement pleaded guilty to fraud , for which he has received a suspended prison sentence. It is an indication of how the media cards are currently stacked in favour of the Tories that Johnson does not receive a rougher ride. The Times reported this morning: "Johnson has been accused...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Ian Clement pleads guilty to three fraud offences Ian Clement, a former deputy mayor of London, admitted misusing expenses today in a hearing at City of Westminster magistrates court. Clement, 44, admitted three offences under the Fraud Act during the hearing. The resignation of Clement from his £127,000-a-year City Hall post as Boris Johnson's deputy for government...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Judge tells Ian Clement he 'flagrantly and arrogantly' abused public money Ian Clement, a former deputy mayor of London, was today handed a suspended jail term of 12 weeks at City of Westminster magistrates court and ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid community work for misusing his expenses. Clement, 44, admitted using his City Hall corporate credit card to buy lunches for himself...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Ian Clement a former deputy of London mayor Boris Johnson has been handed a suspended jail sentence of 12 weeks for misusing his expenses to buy lunches for himself and his lover.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Former deputy mayor of London Ian Clement admits expenses fraud after claiming for unauthorised restaurant meals.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
A former deputy to Mayor of London Boris Johnson was given a suspended jail sentence today for "flagrantly and arrogantly" misusing his expenses.
Left Foot Forward (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Former Boris Johnson aide Ian Clement was handed a 12-week suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 100 hours community service today after pleading guilty to fraudulently claiming for meals with his mistress. He admitted three unauthorised expense claims totalling £156. He claimed £32.50 for lunch with the leader of Enfield ...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Ian Clement, one of Boris Johnson's 'deputy mayors', pleaded guilty today of offences under the Fraud Act.
