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Electoral Fraud investigation

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Ana Sun 08-May-16 19:55:36

I'm sure it'll run to a few pages, though...

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whitewave Sun 08-May-16 19:55:10

But could the election be declared void as a result? That not very yawnie.

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jinglbellsfrocks Sun 08-May-16 19:51:51

Not exactly crime of the century though, is it?

Yawn.

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Welshwife Sun 08-May-16 19:48:04

I saw on the news last evening that several Police Forces were engaged in looking into these allegations/ accounts etc as several area were involved.

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JessM Sun 08-May-16 19:44:15

Not sure that this has had much coverage but it's a potentially explosive issue in Westminster. It's alleged that, during the 2015 campaign, the Tory party failed to account properly for expenditure. There are strict spending limits per candidate and they are supposed to declare everything. The allegation is that Tory central office bussed in squads of activists to work on behalf of local candidates and that the expenditure on hotel bills etc was not shown on the constituency accounts.
Grant Shapps was in charge of the bus full of activists - joint party chairman at the time. He has recently said that accounting for the expenditure was not his responsibility - thus passing the blame on to the current party chairman.
See this article for the constituencies which might be involved.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eight-police-forces-launch-investigations-into-tory-general-election-2015-fraud-accusations-a7017976.html

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