John Yates has just also resigned.

More soon.

An IPCC investigation and a public inquiry at the Met is still forthcoming.

Update: a time-line of how Boris dismissed complaints regarding the Met police (from the Guardian)

Wednesday 15 September 2010
Boris Johnson dismisses the phone-hacking allegations against the News of the World as “codswallop” and “a politically motivated put-up job by the Labour party”, and says he was “satisfied” by the Metropolitan police’s investigation of the matter.

Thursday 7 July 2011
Boris Johnson says what Rupert Murdoch has done for British journalism over the last 40 years “is actually very considerable”.

Wednesday 13 July 2011
Boris Johnson gives his backing to Assistant Commissioner John Yates, saying it is “vital” he is allowed to continue doing his job.

Monday 18 July 2011
BNoris Johnson says that Sir Paul Stephenson made the “right call” by resigning as chief of the Metropolitan police. He also casts doubt on the future of Yates.

And, as Adam Bienkov points out:

Yes Boris takes it all extremely seriously. In fact so seriously that just three months ago he joked that celebrities actually wanted their phones hacked.

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