The Brexit campaign has been fined and referred to the police for breaking electoral law
- The Official Brexit campaign has been found to have committed "serious breaches" of electoral law.
- Vote Leave overspent by almost half a million pound due to funneling money to a connected campaign group.
- The Electoral Commission fine the two groups over £80,000 and refer Vote Leave and Beleave camapigner Darren Grimes to the Metropolitan Police.
- The Commssion say the campaigns refused to co-operate with their investigations.
LONDON - The official Brexit campaign has been referred to the Metropolitan Police after being found to have committed "serious breaches" of electoral law.
The Electoral Commission found that Vote Leave, fronted by the current Education Secretary Michael Gove and the former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, broke strict spending limits during the EU referendum.
The Commission's investigation "found significant evidence of joint working between the lead campaigner, Vote Leave and another campaign group BeLeave," a spokesperson for the commission said.
They found that BeLeave exceeded the legal spending limit of £7 million by almost £500,000 by funneling money to the BeLeave campaign.
BeLeave "spent more than £675,000 with Aggregate IQ under a common plan with Vote Leave," the commission found.
The commission have fined Vote Leave £61,000 and the BeLeave campaign £20,000.
In a statement the commission said the group would now be referred to the Metropolitan Police.
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