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Robert Jenrick is facing calls to resign after documents revealed he was "insistent" a controversial development was agreed before a new levy would cost its Tory donor backer millions.

Boris Johnson backed the beleaguered Housing Secretary, with the head of the civil service saying the Prime Minister "considered the matter closed".

But a stash of documents and texts released after pressure from the opposition showed multi-millionaire Tory donor Richard Desmond urged Mr Jenrick to approve the east London development scheme so that "Marxists" did not get "doe for nothing".

This is believed to be a reference to the introduction of a new community infrastructure levy (CIL) just after the approval of the £1 billion Westferry Printworks development was made.

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