Zoophonic
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Remember this guy, the Housing Secretary upping sticks to his country abode on lockdown despite having his main home in London ( and then coming back). Well he’s in the news again for the wrong reasons.
The Times
The housing secretary unlawfully approved a property development of a billionaire tycoon who once donated to the Conservative Party.
Robert Jenrick has accepted that he showed “apparent bias” when he gave the green light for Richard Desmond to build 1,500 homes in the Isle of Dogs, east London. The timing of the decision meant that the mogul avoided a £40 million bill over the scheme.
Mr Jenrick agreed that planning approval should be quashed after the council initiated legal action against him alleging that the timing showed bias. Mr Jenrick rubber-stamped the scheme against the advice of the government’s planning inspector.
The leader of the local Conservative group resigned over the decision and has called for an investigation.
Mr Desmond, 68, sold off the Daily Express......
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...backed-moguls-1bn-isle-of-dogs-deal-kxgw67jlj
So does this mean a prosecution?
The Times
The housing secretary unlawfully approved a property development of a billionaire tycoon who once donated to the Conservative Party.
Robert Jenrick has accepted that he showed “apparent bias” when he gave the green light for Richard Desmond to build 1,500 homes in the Isle of Dogs, east London. The timing of the decision meant that the mogul avoided a £40 million bill over the scheme.
Mr Jenrick agreed that planning approval should be quashed after the council initiated legal action against him alleging that the timing showed bias. Mr Jenrick rubber-stamped the scheme against the advice of the government’s planning inspector.
The leader of the local Conservative group resigned over the decision and has called for an investigation.
Mr Desmond, 68, sold off the Daily Express......
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...backed-moguls-1bn-isle-of-dogs-deal-kxgw67jlj
So does this mean a prosecution?
