Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confronted a grilling from MPs on the controversial Westferry improvement in Tower Hamlets, London. Throughout
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confronted a grilling from MPs on the controversial Westferry improvement in Tower Hamlets, London.
Throughout a gathering of the Housing, Communities and Native Authorities Committee, Conservative MP Bob Blackman requested whether or not his views of the council influenced his choice.
Mr Jenrick mentioned it “wasn’t an element”, however accused some native authorities of “maladministration” by “sitting on” functions fairly than rejecting them – together with Tower Hamlets.
The housing secretary authorized the event only a few days earlier than a brand new levy would have meant the developer, Conservative Occasion donor Richard Desmond, must pay an estimated £40m in further costs for infrastructure.