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How Mayor denied claims... and then the heads began to roll

05.03.09

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Charges a step closer over City Hall grants scandal

05.03.09

Prosecutors are considering bringing charges against at least two people over the City Hall grants scandal, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

How Ken denied claims ... then heads rolled

16.07.08

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Mayor spends �50,000 investigating LDA grants

18.06.08

The Mayor came under fire for spending £50,000 investigating allegations of financial irregularities at City Hall after initially saying the inquiry would cost nothing... more

Auditors 'horrified' by LDA funding practices

09.06.08

The London Development Agency is set to cut back on funding for community projects under plans to clean up the troubled organisation... more

Three held over Jasper City Hall fraud inquiry

15.05.08

Three more people have been arrested in connection with the fraud inquiry into City Hall-funded projects linked to former mayor's aide Lee Jasper... more

�210k-a-year City Hall Official in Lee Jasper row is ousted

08.05.08

A City Hall chief embroiled in the Lee Jasper affair is to quit his post with a possible �100,000 pay-off, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Lee Jasper friend held over theft in City Hall cash probe

18.03.08

A friend and business associate of former mayoral aide Lee Jasper was arrested today in the Scotland Yard fraud probe into City Hall grants... more

Lee Jasper friend held over theft in City Hall cash probe

18.03.08

A friend and business associate of former mayoral aide Lee Jasper was arrested today in the Scotland Yard fraud probe into City Hall grants... more

Lee Jasper friend held over theft in City Hall cash probe

18.03.08

A friend and business associate of former mayoral aide Lee Jasper was arrested today in the Scotland Yard fraud probe into City Hall grants... more

Police investigate another Jasper charity

18.03.08

A charity connected to the Mayor of London's former aide Lee Jasper has been shut down over fears it was being run improperly... more

True or false?

10.03.08

We often complain that you cannot believe a word politicians say. The Evening Standard puts that claim to the test... more

We still need answers - where is the money?

05.03.08

Lee Jasper's resignation last night closes one chapter in London politics - Ken Livingstone's long, bitter and losing battle to defend his senior adviser... more

Facing Assembly for the first time

04.03.08

When he faces the London Assembly for the first time at 10am tomorrow, Lee Jasper, one of the Mayor's top advisers, will have been at the centre of sleaze allegations for three months... more

Suspended aide: what the police are already investigating

15.02.08

The Standard's investigation into the affairs of Lee Jasper started back in October, when we spotted an obscure written answer to the London Assembly about a project called Brixton Base.... more

How trail of lost millions was revealed

15.02.08

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