The former leader of Coventry City Council, Conservative councillor Ken Taylor, said the "well-connected" businessman would have to declareaninterest.
BBC: Coventry Airport in 2009
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The accusation against him is that he did not inform any political authorities about his wife's failure to declareaninterest.
ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland
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Mr Lake denied any wrongdoing in connection with the business which was set up in 2011, although he did not declareaninterest at County Hall until a year later.
BBC: Sacked Surrey councillor Ian Lake quits Conservatives