Electoral Commission drops investigation into DUP over Brexit spending

Democratic Unionist party faced allegations of breaching spending rules in its pro-Brexit campaignThe Electoral Commission will not investigate the Democratic Unionist party over claims it coordinated its Brexit referendum campaign spending with Vote Leave in order to break legal spending limits.The Northern Irish party, which props up Theresa May’s government in the Commons, had faced a series of allegations about its spending during the 2016 EU referendum, after it spent hundreds of thou