Lewis Goodall and Robert Jenrick clashed on LBC.Robert Jenrick clashed with a radio presenter live on-air after being reminded of his own “unlawful” behaviour in the past.The shadow justice secretary was grilled by Lewis Goodall just days after posting a video showing him confronting fare-dodgers on the London Underground.But on LBC on Sunday, Goodall drew a connection between that and Jenrick admitting to “unlawfully” approving a planning application by Tory donor Richard Desmond in 2020.The £1bn project on the former Westferry Printworks site on London’s Isle of Dogs was given a last-minute reprieve by Jenrick after the local council and then the independent Planning Inspectorate both said it should be refused.The then housing secretary’s decision came a day before Tower Hamlets Council approved a new rate for its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – a move that would have increased Desmond’s financial liability to the local authority by between £30m and £50m.It emerged that Jenrick had sat next to Desmond at a Tory fundraiser, but he has always insiste
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