Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, is facing pressure to "reinstate" routine press conferences to enable him to be held to account amid claims that he is ducking such events to avoid making gaffes. Frustrated members of the London assembly will take the mayor to task over his failure to offer routine City Hall press conferences, despite claims last year that at least one such event would be held each month...
Darren Johnson, who is currently chair of the London assembly, will table a question at the next mayor's question time to urge Johnson – a former journalist – to reinstate the press conferences "to answer questions from journalists on a wide range of topics relevant to Londoners".
Meanwhile, Martin at Mayorwatch unpacks some of Boris's claims to have increased mayoral accountability. Readers wishing to refer to his manifesto pledges on that subject can read the document in question here. That's no thanks to Boris, by the way - were it not for the Guardian none of his manifesto pledges would be available online. Naughty.
