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Police Launch Investigation Into Alleged Tory General Election Fraud

Gloucestershire police are investigating allegations of electoral fraud committed by the Conservative Party ahead of the 2015 general election. The Tory party has been accused of violating key spending regulations over claims that they should have declared the cost of bussing in activists to campaign for constituency candidates on local election expenses, rather than on its national return. RT reports: The probe was sparked by a complaint made to Gloucestershire Police, the source of which has not been disclosed. “We have received an allegation of electoral fraud and an investigation has been launched,” a spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Police told RT. “We are considering an application for extension on time to investigate. This is in relation to the 2015 general election.” So far it’s not been made public how many constituencies the complaint relates to or where they lie. The Conservative Party faces allegations that accommodation bills for campaigners who traveled on specially designated buses across Britain should have fallen under the spending limits applied to individual parliamentary candidates, rather than the party’s overall national campaign budget. The Scottish National Party (SNP) raised deep concerns over the alleged spending breaches in the House of Commons on Thursday. The party’s lead spokesman, [...]