Overview
- The force confirmed it is assessing a report passed on by the Metropolitan Police concerning potential breaches of spending rules.
- Former Reform UK councillor Richard Everett says documents show the campaign exceeded the £20,660 legal limit.
- He alleges undeclared costs for leaflets, banners, utility bills, and refurbishment of a bar used as the Clacton campaign office.
- Reform UK denies any wrongdoing, labels Everett a disgruntled ex-member expelled months ago, and says it expects to clear its name.
- Labour’s Anna Turley pressed Nigel Farage to provide evidence he complied with the rules, while Conservative chairman Kevin Hollinrake urged police and the Electoral Commission to investigate.