Kit Malthouse and pay

Is the mayor's deputy for policing getting paid for more work than he can possibly keep up with? As an assembly member Malthouse gets 54 grand a year and the MPA has granted him an annual allowance of a further £52,000 because he says he'll fill his vice-chairman's role five days a week. On top of this, as Tim Donovan reported for BBC London, he's still drawing a salary as finance director of the City investment firm he co-founded with Westminster City Council leader Colin Barrow.

Put that way, it all looks a bit off. But there is another angle on it. Malthouse's total income from the GLA - £106,000 a year - is less than that of every other director and deputy except two - Ranger and Munira - and the job the mayor has asked him to do is challenging to say the least. By that measure, he ought to be getting more.