LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Screening questions

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick came to this year’s Local Government Association (LGA) conference with his name in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Communities secretary Robert Jenrick came to this year's Local Government Association (LGA) conference with his name in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Mr Jenrick has been facing questions for approving a planning application from Richard Desmond, who donated £12,000 to the Conservative Party after meeting him at a Tory fundraising dinner, where he tried to lobby the minister.

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