In a Metropolitan Police Authority meeting yesterday, Paul Stephenson admitted that - as revealed by Liberal Democrats through Freedom of Information enquiries - senior members of the Met accepted lunches and dinners from News International executives, including the former executive editor of the paper, who is under arrest on suspicion of phone hacking.
Caroline Pidgeon told ITV's London Tonight:
It seems extraordinary to me that senior members of the Met would have lunches and dinners with newspapers.
They give their reasons why it is "reasonable" - I don't think it is, and I don't think it looks it to the public.
You can see ITV's video report here - and also read the BBC's coverage here.