A Conservative candidate facing charges over his 2015
General Election expenses has denied he did anything wrong.
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.
Not exact matches
This settlement should have been considered a campaign
expense «because the funds were paid for the purpose of influencing the 2016 presidential
general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rose
general election,» Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert at the group, said in a letter addressed to Attorney
General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rose
General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney
General Rod J. Rose
General Rod J. Rosenstein.
The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business
expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the
general public or segment thereof as to
elections, legislative matters or referenda.
In the short term, including the period leading up to the
general election, the pressure is likely to assert itself in terms of the willingness of voters to elect independent candidates - especially in constituencies where the sitting MP has been named in the
expenses saga.
In recent times, the 700 - year - old chamber has been mired in conflict and embarrassment over an
expenses scandal that ended the careers of dozens of lawmakers in the prelude to last year's
general election.
[9] New
expenses rules published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority coming into force after the 2010
General Election allow employment of one relative but replace funding for a second home with a London Allowance of # 3,760 for MPs with seats within 20 miles of Westminster.
Within 90 days after polling day for a
general election, a party secretary must file with the Electoral Commission a return of
expenses incurred by the party that have been funded from the party's allocation.
A return to parliament would be a coup for Hogg, who did not seek re-
election at the 2010
general election following the furore caused by his
expenses claims.
Washington (CNN)-- Florida gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott captured the GOP nomination at considerable personal
expense, spending $ 38 million of his own money on his primary bid, and when asked Wednesday if there is any limit to the funds he will invest to win the
general election, Scott said «no.»
His message has crystallised during the
expenses scandal into a single refrain - the call for a
general election.
McGovern was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Wirral South in December 2009, following Ben Chapman's decision to stand down at the next
election for family reasons following adverse publicity in The Daily Telegraph over the
expenses scandal, and subsequently won the seat in the 2010
general election, defeating the Conservative candidate, Jeff Clarke, by 531 votes.
Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) barred five MPs from standing as official Labour Party candidates at the 2010
general election in the wake of the United Kingdom Parliamentary
expenses scandal.
Ms Moran was considered to be among the worst offenders in the 2009
expenses scandal and was forced to stand down at the 2010
general election.
This is partly due to the
general disillusionment with the main three parties following the
expenses revelations and partly because voters often use local
elections to protest against the main parties.
We should record that Mr Malik was cleared of any breaches of the
expenses» code and returned to government under Mr Brown until the 2010
general election.
It was two weeks after the
general election and I had already been forced to resign over an
expenses claim.
The Tories claim other parties should also be scrutinised by the police for
election expense irregularities during the
general election.
Does anyone doubt that, between the
expenses scandal and the outcome of the
general election, the landscape has utterly changed?
Cornelia Parker named official artist of 2017
general election Cornelia Parker has been named as the official artist of the 2017
general election, receiving a commission fee of # 17,000 and travel
expenses to create a work of art that will be added to the parliamentary art collection.