London Mayor Boris Johnson has asked the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Paul Stephenson to examine claims that former-News of the World executive Neil Wallis, who was arrested Thursday in relation to the phone hacking scandal, worked as a paid consultant for Scotland Yard.Wallis was on the Met's payroll for almost two years, it was revealed Thursday. He was employed as PR adviser to the commissioner until September 2010. During this period Yates decided there was no need to reopen the inquiry into phone hacking despite evidence to the contrary presented by The Guardian newspaper and others.More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/07/14/mayor-orders-met-to-inves_n_898720.html)