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Post by northwestman on Sept 7, 2020 9:55:38 GMT 1
This is at least the third, if not fourth time that Jenrick has been caught red handed, yet he neither resigns nor is he obliged to. This is a government that avoids giving information to its own MP's, let alone facilitating Parliamentary oversight. It is also a government that clearly tolerates sleaze.
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Post by northwestman on Sept 11, 2020 12:16:43 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on Sept 17, 2020 11:14:57 GMT 1
www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/13/peers-call-on-jenrick-to-explain-opposition-to-smoke-free-zonesThe communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, is under cross-party pressure to explain why he opposed smoking bans for pavement areas outside pubs and restaurants, echoing arguments made by tobacco companies. A spokesman for the Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association said that it welcomed Jenrick’s intervention but denied lobbying him on the issue. Arguments against tobacco restrictions have been made by the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), a thinktank that pushes an anti-regulation agenda. It has a number of affiliates and takes money from British American Tobacco, which is listed as a member of the institute in the EU transparency register. The IEA, which last year hosted an event for Jenrick at the Tory party conference, has also accepted money from tobacco giants JTI, Philip Morris International and Imperial Brands A spokesman for Jenrick said that the minister had not met, or received a briefing from, the IEA. Hmmm.
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Post by northwestman on Sept 17, 2020 11:20:43 GMT 1
Tory MPs believe that their constituencies will be the ones worst hit by mass development.
One said: “The problem is that local authorities are being asked to designate protected land [from development] but also being handed targets for annual house building which essentially means they cannot protect land because they will be punished if they miss the targets.”
North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen said: “I’m furious about it. My local authority has been doing the right thing by building 1,000 houses a year.
“But because it has done that it is now being punished with an even higher allocation of 1,500 a year, one of the highest in the country, while areas who have had virtually no building have low allocations.
“There won’t be any green space left in my constituency.”
A senior Tory backbencher told the Sunday Express: “Jenrick has been told to his face that if he presses ahead without changes he will have 250 Conservative MPs out to get him. He’ll have no political friends.”
There are also worries that accelerated planning procedures to help developers will not prevent them from building ugly developments which only contain housing without other facilities such as shops, cinemas, churches and pubs.
Daily Express.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Sept 17, 2020 11:36:46 GMT 1
Tory MPs believe that their constituencies will be the ones worst hit by mass development. One said: “The problem is that local authorities are being asked to designate protected land [from development] but also being handed targets for annual house building which essentially means they cannot protect land because they will be punished if they miss the targets.” North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen said: “I’m furious about it. My local authority has been doing the right thing by building 1,000 houses a year. “But because it has done that it is now being punished with an even higher allocation of 1,500 a year, one of the highest in the country, while areas who have had virtually no building have low allocations. “There won’t be any green space left in my constituency.” A senior Tory backbencher told the Sunday Express: “Jenrick has been told to his face that if he presses ahead without changes he will have 250 Conservative MPs out to get him. He’ll have no political friends.” There are also worries that accelerated planning procedures to help developers will not prevent them from building ugly developments which only contain housing without other facilities such as shops, cinemas, churches and pubs. Daily Express. "accelerated planning procedures to help developers will not prevent them from building ugly developments " we have this already a lot of the new house built in town over the last five years are just plain cloned boxes that are utterly featerless. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 11:44:47 GMT 1
People could always move into that foul development reminiscent of a prison which has been built on the old Radbrook College site .
How on earth that was approved is beyond me.
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Post by zenfootball2 on Sept 17, 2020 12:13:49 GMT 1
People could always move into that foul development reminiscent of a prison which has been built on the old Radbrook College site . How on earth that was approved is beyond me. i share your view a reall missed oportunity for a sensative new development, they were also allowed to cut down a numbers of trees. you might wish to sit down as some of them are on the market with an asking price of over £300K |
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Post by northwestman on Sept 27, 2020 16:04:10 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on Oct 2, 2020 10:45:20 GMT 1
'Margaret Ferrier, the former Scottish National party MP who made a 400-mile train trip knowing she had tested positive for coronavirus, is facing calls to resign from party colleagues as anger mounts at her “utterly indefensible” actions.
However, Robert Jenrick refused to call for Ferrier to resign, saying: “It is a matter for her to decide what she wants to do".
Jenrick was asked whether political figures flouting coronavirus guidance – like Ferrier, as well as Dominic Cummings, and more recently Jeremy Corbyn and Stanley Johnson - made it harder to enforce public health messages because it gave the impression that people in the “Westminster club” were above the law. He said: “Nobody is above the law, and she has accepted she broke the law on multiple occasions … I don’t think it’s wise for politicians to pass comment on individual cases.”'
The Guardian.
Well, he would say that wouldn't he!
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Post by Dancin on Oct 2, 2020 10:54:06 GMT 1
'Margaret Ferrier, the former Scottish National party MP who made a 400-mile train trip knowing she had tested positive for coronavirus, is facing calls to resign from party colleagues as anger mounts at her “utterly indefensible” actions. However, Robert Jenrick refused to call for Ferrier to resign, saying: “It is a matter for her to decide what she wants to do". Jenrick was asked whether political figures flouting coronavirus guidance – like Ferrier, as well as Dominic Cummings, and more recently Jeremy Corbyn and Stanley Johnson - made it harder to enforce public health messages because it gave the impression that people in the “Westminster club” were above the law. He said: “Nobody is above the law, and she has accepted she broke the law on multiple occasions … I don’t think it’s wise for politicians to pass comment on individual cases.”' The Guardian. Well, he would say that wouldn't he! The major difference between the SNP MP and Cummings is that Cummings used his own car. Ferrier spent 5/6 hours on public transport travelling from Scotland and London knowing she was waiting on test result, went into work at the HofP spoke in the Main Chamber and then after getting a positive result travelled back to Scotland. Madness |
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Post by Dancin on Oct 2, 2020 10:59:51 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on Oct 2, 2020 11:23:45 GMT 1
Housebuilding will more than double in the Cotswolds and almost triple in Cumbria under the government’s planning reforms, analysis has revealed.
In August ministers published details of an algorithm — described by one Tory MP as a “mutant” — that calculates which parts of the country are earmarked for development as part of a government drive to build 300,000 homes a year.
The countryside charity CPRE found that the plans would lead to vast construction projects in rural areas, whereas cities and towns outside London would escape the boom.In Cumbria, home to the Lake District, housebuilding would increase by 178 per cent, and in the Cotswolds there would be 148 per cent more development. Rural parts of Hampshire, Leicestershire and Gloucestershire also face huge rises in construction, and areas such as Richmondshire in North Yorkshire would be hit by a tenfold increase. Richmondshire includes part of the Yorkshire Dales.
However, cities outside London would be asked to build fewer houses. Development is set to shrink by 37 per cent in Greater Manchester and 15 per cent in Birmingham.
Conservative backbenchers are increasingly mutinous over the reforms, with one rebel calling it symptomatic of a “wider lack of engagement” that No 10 is not allowing MPs to vote on it.
Next Thursday dozens of rebels will be able to speak during a debate on the algorithm. About 50 Conservative MPs are part of a Whatsapp group that opposes the housing targets.
Analysis by The Times found that seats in the traditional Tory shires faced a huge rise in development. The Cotswolds constituency would have an extra 739 homes a year. Arundel & South Downs would receive 4,510 homes over ten years — the equivalent of a small town. London would be hit hardest, with a fivefold rise in Sir Keir Starmer’s seat of Holborn & St Pancras.
Outside the capital housebuilding in urban areas would go into reverse, with a reduction of 260 homes a year in Manchester Central.
The Times.
Jenrick upsetting Tory M.P.s and Tory Councillors.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 2, 2020 17:12:17 GMT 1
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick today insisted that the 10 p.m. curfew was needed and laid the blame at people enjoying an evening in pubs not following the rules.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'The advice that I received, along with other ministers, was that, because the virus thrives on close contact between individuals, the longer one stays in pubs and restaurants and cafes, inevitably, the more likely it is that the virus will spread.
'And, the later that you stay and the more drinks that you have, the more likely you are to have close contact with other individuals and the less likely you are to comply.'
Well, thanks for those pearls of wisdom Robert. Anything further to mention about primary residences and visiting parents?
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Post by northwestman on Oct 2, 2020 18:10:38 GMT 1
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Post by northwestman on Oct 5, 2020 12:55:33 GMT 1
Planning permission - Jenrick style.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 6, 2020 9:59:57 GMT 1
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/06/robert-jenrick-subject-to-death-threats-over-holocaust-memorialA cabinet minister has said his family has received death threats and abuse over his involvement in a proposal for a national Holocaust memorial at Westminster. An inquiry into the plan, which opens today, will hear that the site next to the Houses of Parliament would become a target for terrorists. An inquiry into the planning application opens on Tuesday after the application was “called in” by Esther McVey, the then housing minister, last November. Following the inquiry, the final decision over the application will be taken by her successor, Christopher Pincher.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 7, 2020 11:38:43 GMT 1
www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/27/housing-crisis-planning-converting-office-blocks-homes-catastrophe-jenrickThe brave new world of Jenrick's planning reforms. Lockdown has highlighted the importance of adequate domestic space and access to the outdoors. Covid-19 has also changed patterns of work, with the likelihood that demand for offices will in some places decline. There will be an opportunity to make them into homes, but it will take thoughtfulness and planning to do it well. There seems to be no chance of either from the government. Instead we hear this from Jenrick: “These changes will help transform boarded-up, unused buildings safely into high-quality homes at the heart of their communities.” But the buildings are not always unused, the homes are not high-quality and they are not in any positive sense at the heart of communities. Jenrick is renowned for his slipperiness, but three tendentious claims in one sentence is impressive even for him.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 9, 2020 16:39:11 GMT 1
Theresa May says that the new planning reforms would amount to 'removing local democracy, cutting the number of affordable homes that will be built, and building over rural areas'. Is the use of an algorithm to produce targets for building homes for every area in England destined to create problems of the magnitude of those experienced by Gavin Williamson at the Department for Education?
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Post by northwestman on Oct 11, 2020 9:24:17 GMT 1
www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/10/labour-calls-for-investigation-over-funding-for-robert-jenricks-constituencyLabour has demanded a Cabinet Office investigation into the housing, communities and local government secretary, Robert Jenrick, over how government funding was allocated to his Newark constituency. The shadow communities secretary, Steve Reed, has written to the head of the civil service requesting the investigation into Jenrick and his involvement in the multibillion-pound Towns Fund. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government allocated the investment to Newark, along with 99 other towns, as part of its drive at “levelling up” deprived areas with £3.6bn in funds. Newark is reportedly the 270th most deprived area in the country and thus not as poor as many other towns in the UK. Jenrick, a former corporate lawyer and director at auction house Christie’s, and Jake Berry, his junior minister, were allegedly responsible for choosing 61 of the towns to receive funding. They also chose Darwen, a town in Berry’s constituency. Jenrick's defence is one that he's used before in such cases as the Sandown Park development - that another Minister actually makes the final decision.
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Post by DiglisShrew on Oct 11, 2020 10:27:38 GMT 1
And he ,in turn; approved the grant for that Ministers constituency !! Purely coincidental , no doubt !! 🙄
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Post by staffordshrew on Oct 11, 2020 11:04:16 GMT 1
So, in simple terms, it's a bit like the people involved in awarding MPs big fat pay rises being - MPs.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 11, 2020 11:53:10 GMT 1
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Post by staffordshrew on Oct 12, 2020 14:03:34 GMT 1
Ah yes, it changed, all above board now. Call me a cynic, but do MP's set the pay fpr the Independent_Parliamentary_Standards_Authority?
To get things really straight, MP's additional consultancy pay ought to be looked at.
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Post by northwestman on Oct 14, 2020 12:33:06 GMT 1
www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/11/robert-jenrick-admits-approving-funds-for-town-in-jake-berrys-constituencyRobert Jenrick has admitted that he and a junior minister approved payments to towns in each other’s constituencies from a government fund earmarked for deprived areas. The communities secretary confirmed that communities minister Jake Berry gave the go-ahead for Jenrick’s Newark constituency to be selected for a £25m fund award even though it was 270th on the list of the UK’s most deprived areas. Jenrick said he signed off the decision for money to be allocated to Darwen, a town in Berry’s Rossendale and Darwen constituency. Nothing surprises me about Robert Jenrick any more.
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Post by ssshrew on Oct 14, 2020 12:37:03 GMT 1
Nothing surprises me either but it sure as hell annoys me that he is still in post
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Post by northwestman on Oct 16, 2020 9:51:59 GMT 1
www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18697559.concerns-warrington-site-used-post-brexit-lorry-park/Warrington Borough Council has raised concerns over the Government’s decision to designate a large piece of land in south Warrington for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) post-Brexit. It is earmarked to be used as an in-land border and provide a large base for paperwork checks, alongside sample vehicle checks, for HGVs entering and leaving the country after Brexit, from January 1 2021. It has been confirmed that the Government has executed The Town and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020, which is a piece of legislation that overrides local planning decisions, to ensure that planning consent in the normal way is not needed. It is suggested that this lorry park facility in the town would serve vehicles coming from Liverpool, areas of Wales and the wider north west region. The council is therefore concerned about the lack of consultation undertaken locally before this decision was made and approved by housing secretary Robert Jenrick. Council leader Cllr Russ Bowden said: “This decision has been imposed on us without any consultation and follows an increasing pattern of centralised decision-making, without the opportunity for local engagement. “It’s only right that the council, and our residents, have the opportunity to scrutinise these plans in detail.” “Perhaps this is what we can expect more of in future given the Government’s White Paper on planning, where planning decisions will be taken nationally without proper local community engagement and democratic input. “Decisions of this magnitude should be made locally, not through a national, centralised approach.” Jenrick again!
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Post by venceremos on Oct 16, 2020 12:10:54 GMT 1
www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/11/robert-jenrick-admits-approving-funds-for-town-in-jake-berrys-constituencyRobert Jenrick has admitted that he and a junior minister approved payments to towns in each other’s constituencies from a government fund earmarked for deprived areas. The communities secretary confirmed that communities minister Jake Berry gave the go-ahead for Jenrick’s Newark constituency to be selected for a £25m fund award even though it was 270th on the list of the UK’s most deprived areas. Jenrick said he signed off the decision for money to be allocated to Darwen, a town in Berry’s Rossendale and Darwen constituency. Nothing surprises me about Robert Jenrick any more. Where's the public outcry over this flagrant abuse of power? How exactly were these decisions made and who was involved? The baby-faced charlatan has got away with it again. Accountability, due process - none of it seems to matter any more. It's like the awarding of multi-million pound PPE contracts to Tory party donors, they just do it, get away with it and in the end it's happening all the time and nobody knows where to look any more. Perhaps it's time to accept we live in a corrupt banana republic now. Fill yer boots if you get the chance and can get away with it -nobody cares. |
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Post by Mortgagehound on Oct 16, 2020 13:10:32 GMT 1
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Post by venceremos on Oct 16, 2020 13:54:32 GMT 1
Yeah, hilarious. Serious question though - are you really not concerned about Jenrick taking money intended for deprived areas to be applied instead in his own non-deprived constituency? And hundreds of millions of government funds being given to newly formed, no expertise PPE companies that happen to be owned by Tory party donors, that's just a cue for a cheap joke too? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2020 13:59:40 GMT 1
I’ve said it before, some people are more loyal to a political party than they are to their football team. Sickening really considering politics matters so much more.
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