Gloucestershire police launch fraud investigation into Tories
Another step in the story of the Conservative general election constituency expense returns. … Read the full post »
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Another step in the story of the Conservative general election constituency expense returns. … Read the full post »
Prosecutions of Conservative MPs for breaking election spending rules came a step closer after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) issued this statement… … Read the full post »
The optimistic Liberal Democrat may be wondering now if the party might go into 2020 with rather more than 8 MPs. The pessimistic Liberal Democrat will remember how the party fared the last time there was a hung Parliament… … Read the full post »
Police have launched a formal investigation into the election accounts of North Cornwall MP Scott Mann. … Read the full post »
The Conservatives have admitted failing to declare £38,000 of general election expenses for their Battlebus operation. … Read the full post »
The regulator – the Electoral Commission – has consistently shown a striking lack of interest in the issue. … Read the full post »
More from Michael Crick and his investigations into questionable Conservative Party election expense returns in the 2014 Parliamentary by-elections. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission is now investigating the Conservatives over allegations the Tories fiddled their expense return in South Thanet by excluding hotel bills for staff and the like. … Read the full post »
Nottinghamshire Police is considering evidence relating to accusations of overspending by the Conservative Party during the 2014 Newark by-election. … Read the full post »
Channel 4 News has obtained evidence of tens of thousands of pounds of spending by the Conservatives during key by-election campaigns which appear not to have been declared. … Read the full post »