Housing Minister Robert Jenrick's Planning Scandal: "Cash-for-Favours" or Coincidence - TLDR News

[@cobbler40]

I thought this sort of behaviour was criminal ? It's called corruption.

[@ramel684]

Government corruption is only corruption if the government says so, as the government are the ones who get to write the corruption laws.

[@billyfox6368]

Yeah, it is corruption, but we're unable to prove it.

[@Isambardify]

@@ramel684 yeah, but they did write laws and this guy has apparently broken them.

[@harrymartin1]

@@Isambardify Yeah and if you break them expect consequences, those rules are for you, not the Tories.

[@charlesbaker7505]

It's not against the law as proven by most labour peers who are in their mostly through the cash for honours scheme any labour or independent peer in the lord's who is not a former MP and was put in there from 97-2010 is most likely there through that scheme

[@Calum_S]

Bribing a member of government is fairly cheap in Britain.

[@LEThavFUNnSMILE]

You are looking at the numbers now forgetting when they leave office more them likely they will get a job in the companies either as executive or something else

[@ricecake1228]

@@LEThavFUNnSMILE citation? If not 10k£ is pretty affordable :p

[@NickRowsell]

Couple of thou’ should cover most items ... tax free!!

[@shaaddhillon3819]

How is his refusal to show documents acceptable since he is answerable to the public??

[@realornot6460]

By showing documents he’ll show PM knew all about the decision he made,PM in it up to his neck

[@shaaddhillon3819]

@@borisflintstone3823 In reply to Cummings debacle, Bojos response was matter closed. Bojos response to Henrick situation, matter is closed. It's becoming like a pattern. Boris needs to be reminded this is a democracy not a dictatorship where he can close matters as and when he wants to!

[@preciousinfinity]

It's okay Officer, I may be holding a grenade pin, and that area behind me may have recently been destroyed by an explosion, and some people may have both seen and heard the explosion and heard me yell 'Watch out! I'm throwing a grenade!', but I swear it's just a coincidence.

[@carlocousins9714]

Love how this scandal is just standard affairs in the states

[@andrewpaulhart]

I get the feeling that in the US anything done in the pursuit of getting rich is seen as acceptable

[@JackChurchill101]

It's standard here too... Just no one with a platform interested in covering it. Between the corporate right and the corporate left banging on about trump, BLM, and "global injustice", this type of actual journalism is left quiet

[@julianshepherd2038]

@@JackChurchill101 BLM is newly mainstream so 1 get used to it 2 this shit was happening long before BLM. I think you are just a racist who is turning a bad white tory man story into an anti black and justice issue. Failed.

[@asitisrequiredasitisrequir3411]

@@JackChurchill101 How can you say that when Labour were explicitly mentioned multiple times in the video trying to hold Jenrick accountable...

[@buggs9950]

@@julianshepherd2038 You don't even know racism you mug.

[@leviram4089]

All that for 12k? If you're gonna be corrupt then at least ask a fair bargain..

[@monikasieniawska]

I was also shocked how little they ask for. (Riffkind, Straw et al.). but this must be high volume low margin affair.

[@Neilukuk]

That's all we know about ...

[@IBIZABIKE]

@@monikasieniawska the red herring

[@octavianpopescu4776]

It gives me hope that even I can buy a minister 😂 This is democracy! When everyone can afford a minister!

[@ethanwebb6162]

Imagine risking your career for 12k.... When you save the other guy £146mil

They should take notes from Romanian MPs. £12k would not even make them raise their eyebrow. 😂😂

[@hoggif]

Al Capone was caught of a small problem with taxes. The stupid mad risk his carrier and freedom for not paying some taxes?

[@ambassadorfromreality1125]

As Desmond said it keeps it out of the council's control. The Marxists would only waste it on social services

[@paulhodgers]

Minister in question didn't even get the 12k that's how easy it is.

[@schmeegil2240]

@@ambassadorfromreality1125 really you will be marked for removal with the rest when time comes .

[@Piperlup]

It's only illegal if you're poor.

[@haydenharris3059]

Its only illegal if you get caught.

[@Piperlup]

@@haydenharris3059 Has he been prosecuted? No, I didn't think so. I will repeat it for you, 'It's only illegal if you're poor'. If it were any other way, he wouldn't be a government official now, would he? He'd be incarcerated and certainly not gainfully employed at the expense of taxpayers.

[@Drjos]

If anyone believes that these things are unrelated. Please contact me because I've got a bridge to sell you

[@dkmphotography_co_uk]

Is it a Garden Bridge??

[@lewismacleod7099]

The weirdest part of this story for me is the idea of the Mail *actually* doing some *actual* journalism. We're through the looking glass now, people...!

[@daveoudenijeweme348]

what a surprise a tory minister has broken the law. [ again ]

[@taibabajar]

I KNOW! It’s disgusting

[@marconatrix]

@@taibabajar Just "business as usual" ...

[@glynmozzie2143]

You make me laugh. Your old leader was reportedly an agent for the Czech Secret service. He also failed to report meetings with terrorist and ran an antisemitic Party You also had a convict MP with an ankle tag actually voting in Parliament. I do not support corruption from anybody but to pass off bad behaviour as a trait of the Tory Party is supremely rich.

[@jacobclements3652]

Glyn Mozzie how do you know what party the other poster supports?

[@glynmozzie2143]

@@jacobclements3652 Well if he supports another party he is wasting his time, nobody else counts.

[@johnathanpearson3203]

Does not matter. The affordable housing is NOT AFFORDABLE anyway. 😎

[@vickypedias]

Exactly!!!! A one-bedroom apartment for £300,000 is still not affordable!!!

[@R.a.t.t.y]

Instead of paying £500,000 for a luxury flat, affordable housing let’s you pay just £400,000 for a rabbit hutch.

[@bigdundee12345]

Thats not what affordable housing means, they are essentially council houses. The developer has a number of choices how to distribute them. Either build a few and donate them to a housing association or build twice as many and get paid cost amounts for them. It is a huge burden on the developer as they will get no profit out 35-50% of the scheme or lose millions by giving them up to a housing association completely free. It also affects the sales of the ones they sell on the open market. Trying to sell a property next door to a council tenant on benefits reduces the amount u can sell it for. This is why they invented alternative entrances to apartments for council tenants, nicknamed “poor doors”. Usually hidden round the back. Council tenants usually have children with no fathers in their lives, this leads to them being antisocial. They would urinate in lifts, graffiti everywhere, play loud music, smoke week, vandalise cars etc etc. Trying to sell a one million pound apartment next to such people is hard. So to answer your comment, the donated properties are given for free to council tenants. If you have seen any for sale, these are not “affordable homes” its just a nice name given to council houses. How do i know? Im a construction developer, a director, i deal with affordable housing all the time. I was also involved in the sillwood estate development in south east london, building hundreds of homes, all of which are affordable.

[@finnersmcspeed5646]

Annndddd this why the free market should not be trusted providing houses for people.

[@X3h0n]

@@bigdundee12345 Do you think the scheme is actually worth it or is there a better alternative in your mind for how to provide social housing?

[@mememe1025]

Probably the best example to date, to clearly show the UK government is not what people think.

[@SZABICHEF1984]

"WORLD BEATING" corruption 😀

[@tfkm]

So the question boils down to "corruption or incompetence"? With this government it is genuinely hard to say.

[@jbullionaire2749]

Bent as a two bob note the lot of them!

[@garydymock4043]

You're thinking of a nine bob note. It was a two-bob bit, think ten pence. Back in the day there were ten shilling notes, a shilling being a bob. Ten bob roughly equated to 50 pence at decimalization. So a nine bob note would be crooked you see.

[@jbullionaire2749]

@@garydymock4043 yeah I realised that once I'd posted it haha

[@peterhausmann8337]

That is what Tories mean when they talk about taking back control.

[@rdgrdmedflde2966]

corruption makes me so angry

[@rdgrdmedflde2966]

@Chen Huang probably not

[@invernessfan3017]

I think Jenrick has to resign. There should not be traces of corruption in this country. He should have allowed to council to get the money. Corruption is wrong.

[@alexpotts6520]

This happens again and again, and there's a reason for it. You see, these kind of shady financial deals are simultaneously really important to uncover - and top marks to whoever dug this up - but also, they are quite technical, they are obscure and boring by design as that is the best way for the perpetrator to keep them hidden. But that same boringness means that, even when corruption is unearthed, most people just don't understand exactly what has happened. If something is both technical and dull, most people will lose interest before they realise the gravity of the situation. Thinkers have long criticised "bread and circuses" - the shallow, meaningless things that prevent people from thinking about the things that really need to be thought about. This is the opposite of that - something important but boring, so people pay less attention to it than it deserves. As far as I am aware there isn't a word for this - anyone care to invent one?

[@chriswinnard7739]

Politics.

[@alexpotts6520]

@@chriswinnard7739 Oh, you old cynic 😉

[@chriswinnard7739]

@@alexpotts6520 I had to. 😅 In all seriousness I think you make a brilliant point.

[@Jodonho]

Britain has the best government money can buy.

[@Jodonho]

If Dominic Cummings did not have to resign, why should anyone else?

[@leotran9259]

What did Dominic Cummings do ?

[@luketonkinson5440]

Leo Tran His wife had suspected COVID symptoms but he went to work, then he got symptoms so he drove him and his family up to Durham to live on his parents farm for a while, for childcare. Then he drove thirty minutes to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight, drove back to the farm, then went back down to London. All this was during the strictest part of lockdown.

[@ohmiderzweite5660]

What are those numbers. 10k? 12k? As far as corrupt politicians go, that is incredibly cheap.

[@dkmphotography_co_uk]

£12k official donation to the Conservative Party... You're having a laugh if you think that's all he got.

[@michaelfresson4834]

Sweaty little posh boy had his hand in the till. Kick him out.

[@marconatrix]

"... money doesn't talk --- it swears! "

[@KarrierBag]

Yet more dodgy financial shenanigans

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Jenrick’s portrait screams dodgy.

[@rickmaurer8726]

Number 3: there is something in the emails that has nothing to do with this scandal but is equally if not worse!

[@karenashurst398]

That thought crossed my mind. It's there something worse that would be a bigger issue for him.

[@cdeford]

Unlikely it's favours for a measley £12,000. Favours for friends is more likely. Even more likely is someone inexperienced and maybe unsuitable to be a minister. These things always look bad, but having dinners with donors who are also businessmen is normal. Building infrastructure right now is also desirable, but the social housing element is important.

[@JackChurchill101]

Reminds me a lot of the off shore tax haven scandal... David "the scumbag worm" Cameron comes on TV and says "I have never used a tax haven and neither has my wife..." But his father used then constantly, which is how posh boy got his elite lifestyle, and his wife's brother had hedge funds also... And we're meant to believe that his brother in law never said hello at Christmas, or at family barbecues, and dropped in a slight word about how much money he would lose if the UK started actually taxing the financial sector again. Corruption in plain sight.

[@Avidain]

Nepotism? Lies? In the Conservative party??? Bloody hell, we've never seen that before!

[@neveraskedforahandle]

Corrupt politicians are corrupt.

[@larisagrekova7811]

I need to write a poster, "Thomas Moore, don’t collect more money for homeless people. This money does not go to the homeless. This money goes to the salaries of workers of charitable organizations."

[@edwardlook970]

Baroness Harding is married to John Penrose. Owen Patterson's wife, Rose Ridley, was found dead recently at their family home.

[@lesliedellow1533]

Anybody who cannot here detect the smell of corruption from twenty miles away, must be losing their sense of smell.

[@vickypedias]

Only one solution: 1789, France.

[@paulhodgers]

Every contract/approval given by government in the last few years should now be scrutinised.

[@daveoudenijeweme348]

odd that it is a tory donor isnt it

[@tessjuel]

So, the price for a British cabinet minister is 12,000 pounds? They're selling themselves cheap in that house.

[@tkzsfen]

resignation is not a punishment, but a quick avoidance of penalty.

[@Alwuwa]

Shock horror, a CONservative conning the public. Great job!

[@PaulSmith-pf2uq]

Think! Why would anyone donate to the tory party, if not to ask for favours?

[@AtheistEve]

This kind of stuff goes on all the time when people with power join forces with people of influence to screw everyone else of their resources and effort. On top of all the back-handers and lack of “affordable” housing, these developments are also lacking in environmental credentials and community/public space infrastructures. All communities should have access to shared resources such as: local shops and transport links, social spaces (pubs, cafés, parks, places of worship), health services and sports/leisure spaces.

[@simonoleary9264]

Jenrick refused to release the documents to a court, he then got another minister to look and documents and say "yeah, no problem here", rather than have them examined by an independent body. If he's innocent, then why is he trying so hard to avoid scrutiny and oversight?

[@tx5190]

And by strange coincidence Mark Sedwill suddenly goes...

[@tfsheahan2265]

I think Jenrick would feel quite at home in the Trump administration. Coincidences like that are labeled 'fake news'.

[@IBIZABIKE]

I can smell it from here,

[@johnoconnorbrightonboy8172]

He has three house's. And represents. The homeless. Sick joke.

[@ttanfield5616]

Why would the MP accept such a small bribe of £10k (and that's for the party, not the individual), when the NS head man was going to make hundreds of millions out of it?

[@adamsmith9283]

Would it be possible for you to do a video on the proposal to remove juries at trial?

[@john211murphy]

Pure unadulterated Corruption.

[@darrinslack1269]

same mp that`s lives 120 miles from his seat in newark,his second home is in london and rents a house in southwell ,not exactly a LOCAL MP

[@Kraken0000]

Scandal after scandal after scandal. The tories are a total joke.

[@donaldboughton8686]

They are suppassed by the Labour party and the LibDumbs.

[@briangreeno2817]

Unrelated? Sounds unlikely.

[@NickRowsell]

Jenrick is so low and greasy, he could get under a snakes belly with a top hat on !!

[@mickg7299]

Typical Politician: Yes I’ll help you but only if you cross my palm with silver.

[@jamiemcneill3]

It’s worrying what £14k can buy you. It’s hardly anything compared to the savings they can make.

[@scoobyrds]

Omg 900 pound fundraising dinners, UK is so cute

[@alphamikeomega5728]

Political parties should be publicly funded.

[@IBIZABIKE]

I can smell something even through my mask

[@euansmith3699]

The piffling size of the "donations" seems derisory.

[@TozzyT]

That's exactly what I thought! I'd have told him "C'mon pal you can do better than that!" and went back playing Fortnite on my phone... Because I'm sure this is what ministers do all day! :P

[@mathieuleader8601]

Jenrick is rumoured to be reshuffled in the speculative reshuffle over the summer/fall

[@Lotan-in8og]

Innocent my a*** was what I wanted to say!

[@AndyNicholson]

I wish I could donate half a years + salary to a political party

[@lscully8400]

That guy is a bit dodgy, should resign NOW!

[@WooShell]

Why am I so sure that the 12k campaign donation isn't the only money that was handed over in this very favorable deal.. I bet there was a deed for a yet-to-be-built penthouse appartment included in the stack of paperwork.

[@abelzatyko1513]

What I would not give for corruption scandals over like £12K. Here we had a minister transfer some ~3Billion £ to an account abroad. Nothing happened, of course.

[@anish7183]

Are you excited for PMQs

[@curtisdaniel9294]

Crooked as a dog's hind leg is the proper phrase here...

[@rollosinternet1853]

As a home owner who sacrificed myself in order to become one, I would be most angry if I had social housing in the same new estate or building, with the same features up to the same standards that I have been suffering to afford. I had to work hard and save for a deposit, I had to discard lovely houses to make sure that I was able to afford payments, repairs and maintenance, I acted responsibly. If the guy next door is paying silly social rent that I help to pay, has the same house and does not contribute to society even being able to work, I would go mad. Yes, I will not apologise for believing that tax payers deserve to live better than those who don't contribute, and that situation should only last until they find work, doing their best to get one. We all might need help now and then, but it cannot go on for generations. Of course Government have to give people opportunities, but people have to take them and if I have to move to find job, I expect others to do the same. London is expensive and the worst thing has been the sale of social housing to renters who immediately sold them to market prices. We tax payers paid for those houses. Shame!

[@corl1136]

This is outrageous, Boris Johnson supports him and the matter is closed. What a joke, the man assisted his mate in not having to build homes at affordable prices for people like keyworkers. Appalling, absolutely appalling. This sort of thing happened in the 70s, it should not be allowed to happen now.

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

Pretty sure their doing this in Tottenham.. Kicking families out to enlarge commercial buildings.. It never seemed right to me? Why tf is this legal?

[@kevinbrown957]

RESIGN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stEVEN_SMARTER]

Innocent unrelated decisions, absolutely 👍

[@yungstallion2201]

Don’t even try to be corrupt in the UK

[@PNest1994]

Honestly, if it costs 12k to buy a politician for 146 milion in proffit count me in. All I'm saying is that it seems more like incompetence than bribery. Still worth resigning over

[@veryfitting]

The 12k for 146m seemed like a very unbalanced deal to me. Maybe that's actually good optics though.

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

"I'm corrupt - it's Sadiq Khan's fault!" - Tory logic. The fact he is allowed to withhold evidence, and retain his job tells you everything you need to know.

[@corwin32]

The sovereign country of the EU?

[@envsf03]

Jenrick showed/looked biases - this man could see round corners without turning his neck.

[@ifcukin8mufc168]

Bent as a nine bob note ..!

[@PaulSmith-pf2uq]

Only the poor criminals get arrested in tory land. The rich ones get away with murder.

[@rin_etoware_2989]

6:18 the Cabinet Secretary looks a lot like Sir Humphrey

[@runedyrting8476]

It is him.

[@loveyouworld1]

Why people still support this government.... first Cummings and now Jenrick

[@ashleybasil2082]

Nice directorship when it gets too hot.

[@d0718]

Can someone pls explain what’s the deal with 33% affordable housing rule? What is the point? Surely if 100% of all developments are “unaffordable” gradually the market prices will come down to make them affordable? Genuine question, want to understand how this works

[@molybdomancer195]

If it quacks like a duck as the saying goes. What kind of idiot does something with at least the appearance of impropriety while still dealing the aftermath of another one?

[@TheHairyKarl]

Typical behaviour from a Tory MP really. In it for themselves, always have been.

[@thebalanceengineer3877]

The question mark in the thumbnail is partially obscured. Careful now. I'd probably go back and tweak that to be honest. Carelessness causes lawsuits.

[@krisrudecki9477]

2 things ... 1) why videos like that have so few views? 2) why does literally NO ONE (in the grand scheme of things) CARE? Corruption has become the norm under Tories. "Donations" for this, "donations" for that ... UKs legal and political system is well and truly broken. If I would compare it to anything else in the world, it would be somewhere between Russian oligarchy and US lobbying ... which is literally the worst of both worlds.

[@bigdundee12345]

At the end of the day, this development brought thousands of new homes to the heart of london, occupied by the people that work there. If the development had more “affordable homes” they would be million pound dwellings occupied by single mums on benefits. Would u prefer that? Cause thats what affordable housing is.

[@MalcolmCooks]

Corruption at it's most disgusting and base - if you're going to ask for a bribe, at least make it a worthwhile one. Such a paltry sum suggests that he just enjoys being a sleazy bastard.

[@mrtickleuk]

They are not really "apartments". We call them FLATS here in the UK. :)

[@webchimp]

They are called apartments when you want to charge more.

[@mrtickleuk]

@@webchimp by the salespeople, yes. I've met recent owners who have insisted on calling them that, too (probably to help them mentally process the amount they've overpaid for a flat). They're still FLATS though :)

[@ugipse]

I’d be interested in what the housing land supply if tower hamlets was, because that attracts substantial weight where there is a shortfall. Also I doubt Robert Jenrick would risk all of this - a ~£250m discount for just £12,000. I also implore you to research Manchester which has substantially underdelivered affordable housing, yet is in a very healthy position. The Gov’ts key priority is housing delivery given the population is rising 0.5m a year and we need to deliver 300k houses pa to meet this need.

[@czarekp3552]

corruption is allowed in british politics, hence lobbyists all over the parliament, so where's the scandal?

[@Lotan-in8og]

Infocenter my a*** he’s a conservative!

[@3535-j5z]

You guys obviously don’t like the tories

[@andrewfrancis3591]

Forget the odd few thousand, it's about non executive directorships when they leave their seats!

[@jdd109]

This is some yes minister bs

[@tomthumb2361]

The man is a louse, clearly.