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Labour urges Housing Secretary Jenrick to come clean over £12k donation from ‘Dirty Des’
Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick

A BILLIONAIRE former press baron gave £12,000 to the Tories two weeks after his property development plans got the green light from the government, it emerged today.

Richard Desmond’s plans for 1,500 homes on the Isle of Dogs in east London were unlawfully approved by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.

Tower Hamlets council rejected his £1 billion scheme for a “vibrant waterfront neighbourhood” on the site of the former Westferry Printworks as it would have consisted of 21 per cent affordable housing, far below the 35 per cent usually required.

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