The Electoral Commission has ruled the official campaign to leave the EU broke funding rules.
- Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol
The rules are clear on campaign donations but meetings with foreign representatives are more of a grey area.
Allegations that Vote Leave breached election spending laws in the 2016 referendum add to calls for electoral spending reform.
The Electoral Commission has re-opened the case against the official campaign over concerns it colluded with unofficial organisations.
The decision not to take action against a number of election candidates is not a whitewash, but it shows that the law needs a rethink.
It’s the biggest financial penalty ever paid by a British political party. Here’s how the story unfolded.
The backlash against the singer’s warm words for Theresa May are a reminder of a certain kind of intolerance.
Morale may be low among parliamentarians, but newly released accounts offer reasons to be cheerful.
Bringing you up to speed on the political hot potato that may have passed you by.
Best of times, worst of times: How leadership elections and an EU referendum are conspiring to leave party donations on the backburner just when it seems most possible to make a difference.
A report from the Electoral Reform Commission proposes some public-pleasing changes. But we should be careful what we wish for.
The latest batch of data on political party membership in Great Britain do not make happy reading for the faithful. Membership of the major parties is at a historic low, with less than 1% of the electorate…
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