Brexit: Official ‘Leave EU’ Campaign Broke Election Law, Says Electoral Commission

Brexit: Official ‘Leave EU’ Campaign Broke Election Law, Says Electoral Commission
Prominent Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson drives a sports car during a Vote Leave event in Yorkshire on May 23, 2016, in Leeds, England. Some of his fellow campaigners for Vote Leave went on to become government ministers. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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The official Brexit campaign that pushed for the UK to leave the EU broke the law by breaching spending limits during the referendum two years ago.

An investigation by the Electoral Commission found that the official campaign for leaving the EU, Vote Leave, breached the spending cap by nearly half a million pounds.
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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