The chair of an influential committee of MPs has written to housing secretary Robert Jenrick demanding answers to dozens more outstanding questions in relation to the controversial decision to approve the £1bn Westferry Printworks scheme against the advice of officials.

Housing and local government select committee chair, Clive Betts, wrote to Jenrick yesterday with 26 detailed questions related to the decision on the 1,500-home scheme, and demanding that Jenrick appear in front of the committee to explain his actions on July 13.

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