21-04-2017 19:39 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Leave.EU investigated over referendum campaign donations

One of the two high-profile pro-Brexit campaign groups in the EU referendum is being investigated, amid suspicions of "potential offences".The Electoral Commission has said it is looking into whether one or more donations accepted by Leave.EU was "impermissible" and if its spending return was complete.The inquiry by the official elections watchdog comes after it found "reasonable grounds to suspect that potential offences under the law may have occurred".
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