Leave.EU fined £60,000 for breaking the law over European referendum
Leave.EU has been found guilty of breaking the law over Brexit campaigning, with a fine of £60,000 imposed. … Read the full post »
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2016 European referendum
Read about the referendum on whether Britain should remain in, or leave, the European Union (EU), held on 23 June 2016 and organised by the Electoral Commission. The result was a vote to leave by 53%-48%.
Vote Leave drops its appeal over Electoral Commission finding that it repeatedly broke the law
Via the Electoral Commission’s Twitter feed comes this news of the Vote Leave dropping its appeal over a series of offences. … Read the full post »
Another day, another Leave campaigner fined for breaking law over referendum
Following news earlier this week of Vote Leave being fined £40,000 comes news of yet another piece of law breaking by Leave campaigners. … Read the full post »
Vote Leave fined £40,000 for unlawful campaigning
Previously Leave.EU was fined £50,000 for sending spam text messages. Now comes news of a £40,000 fine for Vote Leave, again over sending text messages. … Read the full post »
How Leave campaigners repeatedly broke the law
A reminder of the many ways in which Leave campaigners have already been caught breaking the law. … Read the full post »
£120,000 fine for Leave.EU and Arron Banks’s insurance firm
Another one to add to the long, long list of Leave campaigners breaking the law: a new fine from the Information Commissioner. … Read the full post »
What Arron Banks and Brexit campaigners got up to
It’s quite the record that Arron Banks and other Brexit campaigners have accumulated, as this video shows. … Read the full post »
Theresa May accused of blocking investigation of Arron Banks
News from the Daily Mail with a dramatic escalation in the accusations about the circumstances surrounding the European referendum. … Read the full post »
Electoral Commission finds Conservative Brexiter’s complaints about Remain campaign don’t stand up, again
In January the Electoral Commission rejected complaints from a Conservative MP about the Remain campaign in the European referendum. Now they’ve done so again with further complaints. … Read the full post »
Vote Leave campaign broke law finds Electoral Commission: fines issued, police called in
The Vote Leave campaign for the 2016 European Referendum broke the law: that is the conclusion of a detailed investigation by the regulator, the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »