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In Thanet South, one of the seats at the centre of the election expenses investigation, Nigel Farage has hinted he might run again, while the sitting Conservative MP has insisted the spending issue won’t affect potential voters.
Well the Liberal Democrats want this campaign to be all about Brexit hoping to cash in on Remain votes to recover from the electoral disaster of 2015. But it won’t be as simple as that in many of their target areas like the West Country where voters turned their backs on the EU complicated too…
In the last few minutes, the former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been talking about the expenses scandal. With me now is the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron.
Today’s news comes as the Crown Prosecution Service is considering criminal charges against a raft of conservative MPs and their agents over their expenses at the last general election. It follows a year long investigation by this programme. Tonight we have learnt the CPS is now considering charges against more than 30 individuals.
“What personal responsibility do you take, given that election was run by two men you gave peerages to and empowered to run that election?”
Did Labour candidates cheat or break election expenses rules? Our analysis indicates Labour buses appear to have been a more ramshackle affair than thee Tory Battlebuses. But questions remain.
Laws on election expenses help protect our democracy. Months of investigation by Channel 4 News found evidence regarding possible abuse of the rules by the Conservative Party. Here’s the full story.
Eight police forces are investigating spending by Conservative Party MPs during the general election campaign, centering on the Party’s so-called Battlebus2015 tour. Here’s what you need to know.
The newly-elected Police and Crime Commissioner in Devon and Cornwall “should not take the oath” due to electoral expenses allegations, Ben Bradshaw MP has told Channel 4 News.
Jon Snow
Would doctors or nurses in the NHS have been able to get away with playing with their phones while seeing patients?
The elections watchdog launches a probe into campaign spending by the Conservatives in the key South Thanet constituency following a Channel 4 News report.
Notts Police ask to see records of Tory by-election expenses declaration & returns following our investigation into undisclosed spending across three by-elections and a key General Election marginal.
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.
A Ramsgate resident today wrote to Kent police about the Conservatives spending £14,000 at the Royal Harbour Hotel.
The Electoral Commission has asked the Conservative Party to explain four bills for stays at a Ramsgate hotel during the general election.