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Electoral Commission
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Over £400,000 raised by political crowdfunders as campaigners warn of need for scrutiny
Scottish political parties and candidates have raised over £400,000 through online crowdfunders as campaigners call for "heavy scrutiny".
Far right group linked to neo-Nazis applies to register as a political party
A far right group recruiting in Scotland with links to neo-Nazis has applied to register officially as a political party.
FFS explains: UK government’s voter ID plan
Ferret Fact Service looks at UK government plans to require voters to bring identification to polling stations in UK elections.
Tories and LibDems given £658,000 by firms linked to tax havens
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds to help fight the general election from companies with links to offshore tax havens.
£1,800 fine for £2.35m Tory dark money trust damned as ‘derisory’
An £1,800 fine imposed on a Tory dark money trust is "derisory" and "an advert to break the rules", say politicians and campaigners.
Every prisoner should have the right to vote, say human rights groups
Every prisoner in Scotland should be given the right to vote in elections, according to an independent penal reform organisation.
Revealed: the dirty secrets of the DUP’s ‘dark money’ Brexit donor
MPs call on Richard Cook, front man for the DUP’s controversial Brexit cash, to “emerge from the shadows” after we uncover his trail of illegal waste, unpaid bills and court documents stretching from India to California.
Tory ‘dark money’ donor fined by Electoral Commission
The Irvine Unionist Club has been fined by the Electoral Commission after not properly reporting a £100,000 to the Conservative Party.