'I don't know about that particular case or that particular planning decision,' says Mr the PM over a growing controversy.
Asked if Mr Jenrick had done the right thing, Mr Johnson replied:"As far as I know of course he did."
This came after Mr Johnson used his powers to take responsibility for the planning application from Tower Hamlets council. Unmesh Desai, a Labour member of the London Assembly, has written to Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick to say there is"prima facie" case for a police investigation into the development.
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