Met Police consult Crown Prosecution Service over Vote Leave allegations
Open Democracy reports news of the police investigation into Vote Leave, the pro-Brexit campaign fronted by Boris Johnson amongst others. … Read the full post »
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Open Democracy reports news of the police investigation into Vote Leave, the pro-Brexit campaign fronted by Boris Johnson amongst others. … Read the full post »
Craig Mackinlay, the Conservative MP who was cleared while a senior Conservative official was convicted over election expenses, has some very critical things to say about the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
A Conservative MP has been cleared but a senior Conservative campaign staffer convicted of breaking the law over election expense limits. … Read the full post »
Another day, another SNP-inspired complaint about the election expenses of a Scottish Liberal Democrat falls apart. Following the news about Jo Swinson, comes the news about Alex Cole-Hamilton. … Read the full post »
Jeremy Thorpe is one of those for whom the volume of coverage does not beget breadth of coverage, for nearly all coverage is drawn towards the one event. … Read the full post »
Details of the national election expense returns for the bigger parties at the 2017 general election have been published by the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
The CPS has given the go ahead to prosecute both Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay and two others, his agent and a Conservative Party official, over election expense allegations. … Read the full post »
When asked by YouGov whether they think different parties “often break the spending rules at elections”, 44% said this was the case for the Conservatives. … Read the full post »
Robert Peston has the news that the CPS will announce its decision on Wednesday. … Read the full post »
The fraud allegations centre on claims that the Conservatives evaded constituency election expense limits, and the CPS is working to deadlines in late May and early June. … Read the full post »