Robert Jenrick ducks Commons question on planning intervention

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Government urged to explain why communities secretary approved billionaire’s scheme
Labour has pressed the government to explain why Robert Jenrick intervened in a planning decision to save a property developer millions of pounds, as the communities secretary ducked a parliamentary question on the subject by sending his deputy instead.
Steve Reed, the shadow communities secretary, queried why Jenrick did not personally answer the urgent question on his connections to the former Express newspapers owner Richard Desmond, even though he was apparently at parliament. Continue reading...

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