Westferry Printworks developer paid £12,000 for seat at Tory fundraising dinner

By Joey Gardiner2020-06-12T05:00:00

PLP's Westferry Printworks proposals, seen from the south

Housing minister made admission to MPs yesterday

Media mogul Richard Desmond paid £12,000 for a seat at a Tory Party fundraising dinner at which he raised the topic of his £1bn Westferry Printworks with the secretary of state deciding the appeal, the housing minister has confirmed.

Christopher Pincher made the admission answering an urgent House of Commons question brought by Labour over the housing secretary Robert Jenrick’s unlawful approval of the scheme in January.

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