Robert Jenrick admits Israeli billionaire he had meeting with is family friend
by Rob Davies from on (#553FW)
Tory minister under pressure over official meeting with Idan Ofer while considering rival mining project
Labour has called on the beleaguered housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, to explain a ministerial meeting with a family friend" who had a financial interest in the future of a rival mining project that Jenrick was overseeing.
The Guardian revealed this week that Jenrick met the Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer while the then exchequer secretary to the Treasury was considering a request for financial support from Sirius Minerals for a mining project that would have rivalled Ofer's own firm Cleveland Potash.
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