Michael Crick's latest report was broadcast on Friday.
Showing posts with label Conservative 2015 expenses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conservative 2015 expenses. Show all posts
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Electoral Commission takes Tories to High Court over election spending scandal
From the Mirror website today:
The Electoral Commission are taking the Tories to the High Court to force them to reveal documents detailing the spending on Battle Buses ahead of the 2015 general election.
The Commission have already asked the Tories twice for the documents, but they have only provided "limited" disclosure.
Political parties have a legal obligation to provide full spending disclosures to the Commission on request.Later...
Tory Party yields up Election expenses documents only after Electoral Ciommission said they were asking High Courst to force their release— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) May 12, 2016
Torbay Lib Dems raise questions over Alison Hernandez
From the Herald Express:
Torbay Lib Dems have lodged a question at Wednesday's full council meeting over the conduct of the new Devon and Cornwall Police Commissioner - former Torbay councillor - Alison Hernandez ...
Lib Dem leader Steve Darling wants to ask Conservative councillor Robert Excell:
"As Torbay Councils representative on the Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel, do you think it is right that Alison Hernandez remains in post whilst being investigated by the police for criminal offences, while a serving officer in the police would be suspended during such an investigation?"However, the paper said the Lib Dems have been told that the question arrived too late to be considered for today's meeting.
You can watch Alison Hernandez's encounter with Michael Crick above.
Andrew Neil makes Grant Shapps squirm on Conservative election expenses
"You knew nothing about this?" asks @afneil about Tory election spending claims— DailySunday Politics (@daily_politics) May 4, 2016
"No" says @grantshapps #bbcdp https://t.co/1yXp8VOYkC
From today's Daily Politics.
Latest Michael Crick report on 2015 Conservative elections expenses
Which could prove embarrassing for all concerned if she wins on Thursday.
Note too her reluctance to answer questions on the matter.
You can find earlier Michael Crick reports on this blog.
Electoral Commission asks for more time to consider Conservative election expenses
The elections watchdog has asked for more time to pursue possible criminal prosecutions regarding Tory election spending, as a summit is called to consider the evidence revealed by Channel 4 News.
Following months of investigations by Channel 4 News, the Electoral Commission has requested an extension to the time limit available to pursue possible criminal prosecutions regarding Conservative Party campaign spending returns.
Bob Posner, Director of Party and Election Finance & Legal Counsel at the Electoral Commission said, “The police and the CPS both have the power to apply to the Courts to extend the time limit on bringing criminal prosecutions for electoral offences to allow for full investigations to take place. We have requested that they consider doing this.”
Representatives of the Electoral Commission and the Crown Prosecution Service will hold also hold a summit with a number of police forces to discuss the Conservative Party’s election expenses next week.Meanwhile the Cornish Guardian reports:
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman said that following complaints from "a small number" of members of the public, officers had launched an inquiry into allegations that Mr Mann's declared election expenses did not portray an accurate picture of his spending.
Mr Mann has vigorously denied any wrong-doing but has conceded that he did not know details of how some of the Conservative Party campaigning in his constituency had been accounted for.
The national party repeatedly sent campaigners to North Cornwall in a touring "Battle Bus."
At issue is whether the travel and accommodation expenses for those campaigners should have been declared locally, or as part of a national campaign spendIf the Electoral Commission, as it should, is taking this affair seriously, there is much more chance of it coming to something substantial than there would be if it were left to isolated local campaigners.
Michael Crick and Andrew Neil on Conservative election expenses
"Something has to be done by the beginning of June" @MichaelLCrick tells @afneil on possible #battlebus prosecutions https://t.co/qmwyu9R6Kz— DailySunday Politics (@daily_politics) April 21, 2016
Following the new revelations on Channel 4 News last night, Michael Crick appeared on today's Daily Politics.Undeclared Conservative spending in Liberal Democrat seats
This Michael Crick report, giving the latest revelations in the growing scandal over Conservative spending at the last election, was broadcast by Channel 4 News earlier this evening.Read more on the Channel 4 website.
Channel 4 News report on Conservative spending in by-elections
This is the report from Michael Crick shown at the start of this evening's Channel 4 News.
