Sentences with phrase «breached election spending»

Allegations that Vote Leave breached election spending laws in the 2016 referendum add to calls for electoral spending reform.

The startling evidence, first unearthed by Channel 4 News and confirmed in a condemnatory report released last week by the Electoral Commission — the independent body that oversees election law and regulates political finance in the UK — suggests that the Conservative party gained an advantage by breaching election spending laws during the 2015 election.

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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.

It will include fiscal rules (including rules governing election year spending), provisions for transparency and sanctions (including sanctions on the Executive when it breaches the Appropriation Act as was done brazenly in 2012).

In every election since 1999, contribution and spending limits have been exceeded and the relevant laws have been observed in the breach by political parties and politicians at all levels.

A cabinet minister has said he has «every reason to suppose» the Conservatives properly reported their 2015 general election expenses amid allegations the party breached campaign spending rules.

As a result of the leak, the organisation was investigated by the Electoral Commission for a potential breach of election law — though it claimed the money wasn't included in the # 100,000 they have spent on Scottish elections in recent years.

The Scottish National party called on the Conservatives to «come clean» about who authorised spending decisions at the 2015 election and suggested the party may have «fraudulently won with a coordinated breach of electoral legislation».

The UK elections watchdog has launched an investigation into whether the official Brexit campaign breached spending limits in the EU referendum.

The Crown Prosecution Service is considering reports from 12 police forces on alleged breaches of election spending limits by up to 20 Tory MPs.

The reforms will ensure that the true value of activities such as leaflet - printing is reflected when judging whether parties have breached the # 19m cap on campaign spending in the year before a general election, said No 10.

While Facebook is reeling from the revelation of the Cambridge Analytica data breach that was used by Team Trump to sway the election, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is spending his time in anemic attempts at damage control.