BORIS BLASTED OVER £1BILLION PLANNING ‘FIX'
The Sunday Mirror|June 28, 2020
He swung deal in 2016, say Labour
CHRIS McLAUGHLIN
BORIS BLASTED OVER £1BILLION PLANNING ‘FIX'

BORIS Johnson has been blasted for helping to kick-start a rich pal’s controversial £1billion flats plan.

The development sparked outrage three years later when the Tories approved it in time to save billionaire Richard Desmond £40million in taxes.

It was given the go-ahead in January by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, now fighting for his political life over the fallout. And it has emerged the PM himself took personal control of the original application while mayor of London in 2016.

John Biggs – mayor of the Tower Hamlets borough where the 1,500 homes are planned – said: “All roads in this affair lead back to Boris.

This story is from the June 28, 2020 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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