Sentences with phrase «about election expenses»

Q: Do you agree with the Tory chairman Patrick McLoughlin that those who complained about election expenses were «politically motivated» and did nothing wrong?

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The Trump campaign spent nearly $ 700,000 in legal consulting fees — or about 15.5 % of its total expenses between April 1 and June 30, according to the latest Federal Election Commission report.

«Trump's election should have triggered alarm bells in Ottawa about the dangers of pursuing trade agreements that promote corporate interests at the expense of the public's.

David Cameron will attempt to put the Maria Miller expenses row and questions about his handling of the case behind him as he launches his party's campaign for next month's European elections.

David Cameron will hope questions about his handling of the Maria Miller expenses row will not overshadow the launch of the Conservatives campaign for next month's European elections.

In response to questions about by - election hotel expenses, the party responded that «all byelection spending has been correctly recorded in accordance with the law».)

But, on the evening of the count an exasperated Nigel Farage, interviewed by Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick, raised the first concerns about Conservative election expenses — which, he suggested, might have breached the # 100,000 limit for campaign spending in a byelection.

Yet the crisis in politics today is about more than just the expenses scandal — there was the failure of confidence in the former Speaker, Michael Martin, there is the poor turnout we see at most elections now and there is, of course, the low esteem in which most politicians are held.

Voters do not care about Tony Abbott's alleged crises such as the Speaker resigning over the expenses row, according to Lynton Crosby, one of the advisers credited with helping David Cameron win the British election.

Walker has written to the commission urging it to «clarify its guidance» about the rules governing travel expenses during election campaigns.

Since the election Labour have risen from 30 % to around about 40 % in the polls, the majority of this increase being at the expense of the collapsing Liberal Democrat vote (there is a small amount of churn between Labour and the Conservatives, but no great shift.