Helene Mulholland:
Boris Johnson is considering parachuting his cultural adviser, Munira Mirza, into a top London arts job after the government vetoed his recommendation to appoint former Evening Standard editor Veronica Wadley, it emerged today.
Mirza revealed she could be in line to head up the regional arts body for an interim period after the mayor recently made clear he had "no intention" of backing down on his choice and was prepared to wait until a Tory government was elected to get Wadley's appointment rubber-stamped.
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