A Time Apart: Fred Coat Rig Problem Round 2

So I have returned to the rig with a new approach and I am so nearly close to finishing it except I have got one last problem at the end. In my first attempt I was using rivet script and locators to place my joints where as this time I've used follicles like for the ribbon spine. 

My new problem is when I move the main control (the white ring around it) the front deforms like so...

I have messed with the groups inherit transforms as a way of fixing it but it doesn't appear to be effecting it, I thought maybe I had skinned it wrong but when I checked again it was correct, so I thought maybe another thing that was affecting it is the clutter or joints and controls at the front so I took one of them out - but again I have the same problem and have hit a dead end.