into the allegations have been launched by the current london mayor, sadiq khan, and the greater london authorityhe independent 0ffice for police conduct. mrjohnson is accused of not declaring a personal interest despite the friendship with miss arcuri. he denies any wrongdoing, insisting he acted with full propriety and that there was no interest to declare. for her part, jennifer arcuri says she never discussed sponsorship or grants with mrjohnson. she now says mrjohnson has cast her aside like she's "some gremlin". good morning. good morning. tell our audience what its like to be in the middle of this scandal? a nightmare i cannot wake up from and itjust seems to get worse. it is not because i keep coming on to do interviews, even when i don't do any interviews, even when i don't do any interviews, the story continues, or some new piece of information is found or some salacious gossip is being printed. nowi found or some salacious gossip is being printed. now i am here in london, i want to make every attempt that i can to speak out about the wrongdoing and the foul treatment i have received fr

potentially he broke the greater london authority code of conduct.ct says that holders of public office should not use their position to gain benefits for their family or friends, and states holders of public office should declare any private interest relating to their public duties. he denies any wrongdoing. have a look at this. this is mrjohnson being asked about this by my colleague, andrew marr. everything was done with full propriety. so you did declare the interest and you can say that... know, i said everything was done in accordance... you have to declare an interest. did you declare it? there was no interest to declare. there was no interest to declare. there was no interest to declare. you know what? i agree with him. there was no interest. no interest in that i was rightfully... i applied for these tenders. i had to go through the process and i got £10,000 in sponsorship for an event that cost £50,000. idid sponsorship for an event that cost £50,000. i did an event at the houses of parliament, they gave me 1500. have you ever done an event

therefore, potentially he broke the greater london authority code of conduct.ow. the code of conduct says holders of public office shouldn't use their position to gain financial or other benefits for themselves, family, theirfriends. and states, and, again, this is a quote, holders of public office should declare any private interests relating to their public duties. he denies any wrongdoing. have a look at this. this is mrjohnson being asked about this by my colleague, andrew marr. everything was done with full propriety. so you did declare the interest, and you'll be able to say that... no, i said that everything was done in accordance with full proprietary. i asked a very specific question. you have to declare an interest. did you do that? there was no interest to declare. you know what, i agree with him. there was no interest. there was no interest in that, i was rightfully... i applied for these tenders. i had to go through the process. you know, i got £10,000 for sponsorship for an event that cost 50,000. i did an event at the houses of parliament. they g

they were not tasked by the greater london assembly is reported in the paper, the gla monitoring officer was required to make this referral to the iopc as the dependent authorityible in criminality. a very robust statement from the iopc. that's it for the papers this hour. john rentoul and penny smith will be back at 11.30 for another look at the papers. next — ‘this matters', new programme from bbc news, examining issues raised during the election campaign. this first edition takes a closer look at climate change and asks if your vote could help save the planet? welcome to this matters, a brand—new election show for bbc news. for a lot of people, climate change is the most important issue facing the country. concern for the environment has gone mainstream. look at greta thunberg. we cannot continue to look away from this crisis any more. she's a celebrity. she's friends with leonardo dicaprio. and jane fonda is out getting herself arrested at climate protests now. and if you look at the polls for voter priority, it has jumped right up the list in the last few years. it is something the green party has built itself on. the green wave is sweeping the globe, and