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Richard Desmond

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Gender Male
Age 72
Date of birth December 8,1951
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Hampstead
London
United Kingdom
Net worth1. 1 billion USD (2019)
1.3 billion USD
Movies/Shows Channel 5
Children Robert Desmond
BooksThe Real Deal: The Autobiography of Britain's Most Controversial Media Mogul
Job Businessperson
Philanthropist
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Televis Television X
Parents Millie Desmond
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Richard Clive Desmond is a British publisher, businessman and former pornographer. According to the 2021 Sunday Times Rich List, Desmond was the 107th richest person in the United Kingdom.

Coming for Camelot: The battle to land the UK's National Lottery

Coming for Camelot: The battle to land the UK's National Lottery
Dec 27,2021 6:05 am

... Northern and ShellFormer Daily Express owner Richard Desmond is already a big name in the UK lottery business...

Headlines: Minister under pressure and sunseekers hit the beaches

Headlines: Minister under pressure and sunseekers hit the beaches
Jun 25,2020 12:15 pm

... I said Mr Jenrick, who denies wrongdoing, is on the ropes after he published the texts sent between him and Tory donor Richard Desmond...

West ferry planning series: Jenrick texted projects, documents show

West ferry planning series: Jenrick texted projects, documents show
Jun 25,2020 12:16 am

... messages posted by Mr Jenrick show, which he texted Richard Desmond, what he hoped to see him soon, after sitting next to him at a dinner the night before...

West ferry planning series: work-push for house vote on Robert Jenrick

West ferry planning series: work-push for house vote on Robert Jenrick
Jun 24,2020 12:02 pm

... The developer, the former Daily Express owner Richard Desmond, personally gave the Conservative party £ 12,000 two weeks after the scheme was approved in January...

Headlines: Retail therapy amid fears of economic 'catastrophe'

Headlines: Retail therapy amid fears of economic 'catastrophe'
Jun 16,2020 2:48 am

... The Cabinet Secretary told MPs he had not acted in good faith and within the rules , when he supported Richard Desmond scheme for 1500 houses in East London...

Robert Jenrick: the housing Secretary said planning decision within the rules

Robert Jenrick: the housing Secretary said planning decision within the rules
Jun 16,2020 12:27 am

... The Cabinet Secretary told MPs he had not acted in good faith and within the rules , when he supported Richard Desmond scheme for 1500 houses in East London...

Robert Jenrick row: Tories urged to pay back developers for the donation

Robert Jenrick row: Tories urged to pay back developers for the donation
Jun 11,2020 7:07 pm

... On 14 January, the Cabinet Secretary, the permission granted for the Richard Desmond company Northern & to build the Shell, on the Westferry Printworks site on east London s Isle of Dogs...

Robert Jenrick urged the release of the documents in the planning line

Robert Jenrick urged the release of the documents in the planning line
Jun 11,2020 12:19 am

... Richard Desmond donated £12,000 to two weeks after Mr Jenrick, a building permit for his company was to build 1500 houses in east London...

Robert Jenrick urged the release of the documents in the planning line

Jun 11,2020 12:19 am

The development would have built 1,500 new apartments on West ferry Road, Isle of Dogs

work has insistently publish housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to, any and all correspondence in connection with its approval of a £1bn Property Schema.

The Call came after it emerged that the beneficiary has, because of money to the Conservative Party .

Richard Desmond donated £12,000 to Two Weeks after Mr Jenrick, a building permit for his company was to build 1500 houses in East London .

The Conservatives said the guidelines were "influenced in any way by donations."

However, work is said to show Mr Jenrick, has said The Process "fair and transparent" and a local Council, the donation "ask" for the minister.

Mr Jenrick granted the construction permit on 14. January for Mr Desmond company Northern & to build the Shell, on the Westferry Printworks site on The Isle of Dogs.

'Obviously bias'

The registration is The Day before the introduction of the new Council of the community levy, which would mean that the developer pay an additional £40m.

Mr Jenrick has insisted that he showed no inclination

In The Project the Green Light , Mr Jenrick overruled The Tower Hamlets planning inspector said the development, which is necessary, is more affordable housing in London, the poorest district.

The Council was against the judgment, compels The Secretary of state and admit what he did "unlawfully, due to the obvious bias".

the municipal councils, asked The High Court last month to the government for the disclosure of E-Mails and memos about the offer.

Rather than do this, Mr Jenrick, the lawyers conceded the timing of his decision "would lead the fair-minded and informed observer to conclude that it is biased is a real possibility," he said.

Conservative fundraiser

the work Mr Jenrick questions to answer in the house of Commons on Thursday about The Matter , after it emerged that Mr Desmond made a personal donation to the Conservatives, 28. January.

included £ 12,000 Figure , in The First three months of the year.

Mr Jenrick has come under increasing political pressure in recent weeks after it emerged he was sitting at the same table as Mr Desmond, the Former Owner of the Daily Express , a Conservative Party fundraiser last November.

A spokesman for Mr Jenrick told the Daily Mail , "the developer withdrew their application, but Mr Jenrick informed you that it is not suitable for you in order to discuss with him, or for him to comment".

But labour said Mr Jenrick must now make clear whether he reported to the officials at his Department about The Meeting and disclose whether he or members of his team had any other contacts with the developer.

'Terrible optics'

unless The Cabinet Secretary, published all the documents on the application and any correspondence with Mr Desmond in the run-up to the decision, the said opposition: "The Public will be entitled to think it's one rule for the Conservatives and their wealthy friends, and another rule for Everyone Else ".

Mr Desmond is one of the UK's most high-profile businessmen

"communities need to have confidence that the planning process is fair and transparent, but the Unanswered Questions surrounding Robert Jenrick have weakened the illegal decision, that the trust," said Labour's shadow communities Secretary, Steve Reed .

"It's time for Mr Jenrick come in and build the answer to these crucial questions, to issue why he superimposed his own inspector, a building permit for a billionaire Conservative Party donor, a luxury development. "

Andrew Wood , who resigned as leader of The Conservative group on Tower Hamlets Council because of its concerns about the Property deal, the "Cabinet Office ", to the initiation of an investigation.

He told The Bbc details of Mr Desmond's donation "will be increased to more questions about what was going on," and added that, although £ 12,000 was "not much money", it did not look good.

"The optics are terrible," he added.

A Conservative Party spokesman, Mr. Desmond donation said correctly said was the election Commission and fully complied with The Law .

"the policy of the government is to donate in any way to the influence of party - They are completely separate," the spokesman said.

Mr Jenrick has insisted, there was no real inclination to Mr Desmond said that it was right for the decision to be revised in order "to ensure that it was complete fairness".

A spokesman for The Department for housing, communities and Local government, said that while "we reject the suggestion that it was an actual bias in the decision, we have agreed that the application be determined. "

Mr Desmond has donated money in The Past , both Labour and UKIP.

Northern & Shell, he is the majority shareholder, sold his publishing interests in 2018 and is now focused largely on real estate development as well as digital ventures and the health Lottery .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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