Police and the CPS are not naming any MPs or agents who may be under investigation as a result of allegations that spending on local campaigning was recorded as national spending in breach of election laws. A separate Electoral Commission inquiry into whether the national party broke election spending limits is also under way and expected to come to a head soon, potentially within days. The allegations, first uncovered by the Daily Mirror, are that spending in marginal seats on a battlebus tour was wrongly recorded as national, rather than local, spending. Mackinlay held Farage off by 2,812 votes and declared spending of £15,016, slightly below the limit of £16,000. Under election laws, any costs incurred to promote a candidate must be declared on local candidate spending returns.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2017 14:29 UTC