Robert Jenrick
‘Not words that I would have used’: Stride distances himself from Jenrick’s ‘no white faces’ comments – as it happened
October 7, 2025‘Not words that I would have used’ – Mel Stride refuses to back Jenrick’s no white faces comment about Handsworth Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, has said that he would not have used the words that Robert Jenrick did about not seeing “another white face” when he talked about visiting Handsworth in Birmingham. Stride is […]
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Robert Jenrick has a point but he has no business making it
May 30, 2025Robert Jenrick wants you to think he’s an action man. A no nonsense, law and order type so fed up with fare dodging and civic disintegration that he’s taken justice into his own hands on the London Underground. In a demonstration of righteousness recorded by a friend with a camera, he stopped at least three […]
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Andy Burnham claims government note shows Covid tier 3 restrictions imposed on Manchester as ‘punishment beating’ – as it happened
November 27, 2023Burnham claims government minute shows tier 3 imposed on Manchester as ‘punishment beating’ for his defiance In his evidence this afternoon Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, also referred to a minute from the government’s Covid-O committee, which was responsible for Covid operational matters. Burnham summarised it as proposing a “punishment beating for Greater Manchester”. […]
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Johnson and Sunak met ‘to discuss how to avoid new lockdown’
August 2, 2020Boris Johnson and the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, met to run through possible options for averting another lockdown in England that could stall any potential economic recovery should there be a second wave of coronavirus infections. The prime minister is considering new lockdown measures after a rise in Covid-19 cases forced him to slow the lockdown […]
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MPs ask Robert Jenrick long list of questions about £1bn land deal
July 1, 2020Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, is facing a demand to appear before a parliamentary committee to respond to unanswered questions about his relationship with the Tory donor Richard Desmond and the £1bn Westferry property deal. The housing select committee has disagreed with Boris Johnson’s claim that “the matter is closed”, asking Jenrick to appear before […]
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Labour quizzes PM on planning decision that saved Tory donor £40m
June 17, 2020Boris Johnson asked to disclose any contact with donor Richard Desmond prior to housing minister overruling council The Westferry Printworks site in east London. The scheme was approved by the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, against the advice of a planning inspector, but the decision was reversed after Tower Hamlets council took legal action. Photograph: Yui […]
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Call for inquiry into why senior Tory helped donor avoid £40m tax
May 30, 2020Cabinet Office asked to look into Robert Jenrick’s unlawful approval of property project The proposed development in east London, which was approved by Robert Jenrick against the advice of his planning inspector. Photograph: PR Labour has urged the Cabinet Office to investigate why the housing secretary intervened in a controversial London planning decision that could […]
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Former Tory donor’s housing project ‘unlawfully approved to avoid £40m hit’
May 27, 2020Ministry denies claims of bias in approval of Richard Desmond’s development one day before levy kicked in Westferry printworks proposed development. Photograph: PR The housing secretary knew that a billionaire former media tycoon had only 24 hours to have an east London property development approved before community charges were imposed that would have cost him […]
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