Posted: Apr 22, 2017 2:22 pm
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Leave.EU under investigation over EU referendum spending
Electoral Commission launches inquiry into campaign headed by Nigel Farage and Arron Banks over involvement of data firm
The Electoral Commission has launched an investigation into “potential offences” by Leave.EU over its spending during last year’s EU referendum campaign.
The campaign group, which was headed by Nigel Farage and the businessman Arron Banks, is understood to have worked with the data firm Cambridge Analytica, which uses social media to influence voters.
Cambridge Analytica’s involvement was not declared to the election watchdog, which has concluded that Leave.EU has a case to answer. If the commission decides that political spending laws have been breached, it can report the campaign group to the police.
In response to the elections watchdog’s announcement, Farage tweeted:
"Could the timing of this be anything to do with the general election?"
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