Tag: Electoral Commission
4 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories are 'rigging General Election rules' as voting watchdog slams reform attempts

The independent Electoral Commission slammed the plans, comparing the proposals to a cricket team “telling the umpire...

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4 months ago
inews.co.uk

Sunak refuses to say whether he met sleep guru Tory donor who funded private jet

Medical entrepreneur Akil Tripathi, who attended a Downing Street reception, donated £38,500 to the PM to fund privat...

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4 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Rishi Sunak outspending Donald Trump on Facebook ads in desperate bid to stay in power

It comes amid warnings that the Tories doubling the spending limits ahead of elections risked damaging the transparen...

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7 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Sadiq Khan urges changes to voter ID rules to prevent thousands losing vote in 2024

Speaking ahead of Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the London mayor called on the government to expand the list ...

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9 months ago
inews.co.uk

SNP fell £800,000 into the red last year as it lost 20,000 members and donations dropped

Accounts also reveal party still owes former chief executive Peter Murrell £60,000, after he loaned it £107,620 in 2021

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11 months ago
nationalworld.com

Voter ID rules meant 14,000 couldn’t vote - disabled and unemployed likely to have been worst aff...

Labour has said the voter ID requirements have had a ‘chilling effect on democracy’

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about 1 year ago
hucknalldispatch.co.uk

Campaign reminding Ashfield voters about voter ID is launched by council ahead of election

Ashfield District Council has launched its Tell One Person campaign to ensure that all residents are aware of the vot...

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about 1 year ago
hucknalldispatch.co.uk

Election chiefs say no place for intimidation or abuse of candidates during remaining days of cam...

With local elections in England and Northern Ireland taking place next month, the Electoral Commission is highlightin...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Why you will need voter ID to cast your ballot in May's local elections and how it works

Critics have objected to the measure - a Conservative Party manifesto pledge - warning the check will disenfranchise ...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories received £5,000 donation 'funnelled through Peterborough United FC by co-owner'

The Conservative Party has been accused of taking advantage of loopholes in the law to accept donations from non-UK c...

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about 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

How to apply for photo ID to vote as millions set to lose voice in local elections

If current sign-up rates continue, just 3% of people who don't have photo ID that can be used in the local elections ...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories backed locals over giant wifi masts while taking cash from firms that erected them

Blackpool MP Scott Benton is one of 25 MPs the Sunday People revealed had accepted a combined £147,000 in cash from I...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Tory donors blew £537,000 on campaign to put Liz Truss in Number 10 for 44 days

The former Prime Minister was handed the eye-watering sum in donations during her leadership campaign - with around h...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories quietly unveil 'extremely dangerous' power grab to neuter elections watchdog

The plan to undermine the independence of the Electoral Commission has been likened to "giving a toddler a gun - It m...

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over 1 year ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories probed after accepting donation cash from a dead man

An Electoral Commission investigation found the party had broken the rules by failing to promptly return a £2,000 pay...

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Electoral watchdog 'not asked' to test Scottish independence referendum question

Both the question itself – Should Scotland be an independent country? – and the proposed answers of Yes or No could b...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Scottish Greens fined £2,300 after breaching electoral law

The Scottish Greens have been fined by the Electoral Commission after breaching rules around the filing of their acco...

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about 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Billionaire hands £250k to Tories despite living in Bahamas for 'more than a decade'

Theatre entrepreneur John Gore handed enough to the Tories to qualify for Boris Johnson's 'secret advisory board' in ...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

4 damning revelations in Downing Street flat probe that leave questions for Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson's ethics advisor has sent him a furious letter after being kept in the dark about the PM's 'begging tex...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson's standards chief 'could quit' over Downing Street flat refurb row

Lord Geidt is said to be unhappy after an Electoral Commission probe suggested the PM had misled his investigation ov...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson accused of lying to probe that cleared him over flat refurb scandal

The PM told Lord Geidt he didn't know the source of funds for the refurb until February 2021. But an Electoral Commis...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories fined £17,800 for breaching electoral law over Downing Street flat refurbishment

The Conservative Party has been fined by the Electoral Commission after failing to follow the rules over Boris Johnso...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson plans 'yes and ho' away day for grumpy Tory MPs

Tory backbenchers were left fuming after being ordered to troop through voting lobbies to get Owen Paterson off the h...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of taking cash for schools to cover up Tory corruption

It comes after reports, which Number 10 refused to deny, that Tory whips had threatened MPs with reduced funding for ...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson faces fresh flat refurb probe as sleaze watchdog hands over findings

The Electoral Commission confirmed they have handed initial findings of their probe into the PM's flat refurbishment ...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson hands peerage and ministerial job to banker who gave party £147k

Banker Malcolm Offord will be entitled to sit in the House of Lords and make laws for the rest of his life, despite n...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Wales makes ultra-rare bid to block Boris Johnson forcing voters to show ID

The Welsh Government has formally refused to recommend consent for the Elections Bill - something that has only happe...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Tory law change would let donors bankroll party from tax havens for life

Currently there is a 15 year limit on British ex-pats being allowed to vote and donate to political parties. Boris Jo...

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over 2 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Tory donations slumped by £38 million during Covid-19 pandemic, bosses admit

The Conservative Party declared £55.7 million in donation income in 2019 - and just £17.2 million in 2020, according ...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Labour deputy demands investigation into PM's use of Government plane to fly to by-election

Ms Rayner said no costs of the Prime Minister’s travel by Government plane to Hartlepool were in the Conservatives’ s...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson urged to explain 'advisory board' of rich donors with access to PM

The exclusive 'Advisory Board' is said to be made up of donors who have handed the Tories at least £250,000 - or are ...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Foreign Secretary Raab takes £25,000 donations from former Russian bank chief

EXCLUSIVE Dmitry Leus made three payments to Esher and Walton Conservative Association for "campaigning costs" accord...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Tories take £280k from Russia-linked donors in year since the Russia report

The Intelligence and Security Committee’s findings last year revealed failures at the heart of Government to tackle R...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Government admits Boris Johnson's flat refurb originally paid for by Tory donors

The bizarre funding chain was finally confirmed in the fourth footnote on the 208th page of the Cabinet Office’s annu...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Boris Johnson warned over 'alarming' plan to neuter election watchdog

The Tories today announced plans to place constraints on the Electoral Commission - which has been investigating the ...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

PM should face Westminster 'sleaze buster' probe over flat refurb, says Labour

The Prime Minister for breaking parliamentary rules by failing to declare the donation he received to pay for the ref...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Millionaire Tory donor Lord Cruddas gave party another £500,000 three days after becoming peer

Boris Johnson brushed aside the objections of the Lords appointments watchdog to send the ex-Tory treasurer to the up...

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almost 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

Labour demand Electoral Commission probe Tory donations from non-existent firms

Anneliese Dodds, Labour's new party chair, warned there are 'potential breaches of electoral law' and urged the watch...

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about 3 years ago
mirror.co.uk

PM sparks alarm by suggesting voter ID plan aimed at 'first-time voters'

A senior government source insisted the ID crackdown would apply to all voters, not just those voting for the first t...

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