London Mayor Boris Johnson has decided to readvertise and rerun the recruitment process for the post of London Chair at Arts Council England (ACE), following Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw’s veto of the appointment of Veronica Wadley (AP204). He has written to Bradshaw, defending his conclusion that Wadley was the best candidate for the job, and accusing Bradshaw of being “politically motivated”. A DCMS spokesperson told AP that “Ben Bradshaw rejected the Mayor’s favoured candidate because the process had not followed Nolan principles,” a charge that the Mayor’s office strongly denies, claiming that the process was “completely transparent”. The DCMS said that “keeping this important post unfilled risks damaging the arts in London. The Mayor is subject to a legal requirement to fill it as soon as possible and should do so.” Johnson agrees that the work of ACE in London must not be allowed to drift, but refuses to put forward an alternative nominee for the post.