. in constituencies like south thanet.for legal “a"; returns- h have also been fined for legal £5232: returns. the electoral expenses returns. the electoral commission is worried parties are starting to see the finds of the cost of doing business rather than a way of keeping british elections there. -- fair. !!=’%zéi -- fair. t‘tzf states committee has ruled united states committee has ruled there is no support for donald trump's claimed that his home had been under surveillance in the order of his predecessor barack 0bama. and his latest attempt to impose a travel ban against six mostly muslim countries has again been blocked by courts. the courts. jon sopel has the latest. saint patrick stay is being celebrated in washington but donald trump doesn't seem to be enjoying tfeee' fifieefe eééfi e? 56 efiifislfifi luck teeee eeeee'e eeee e e6 efiifislfifi luck of the irish as his the luck of the irish as his problems pile up. —— saint patrick's day. remember his tweets that barack 0bama had tapped his phone and that his predecessor was

the conservative party spent thousands of pounds on hotels here in the south thanet, £15,000 in a singleast - of that money : . i?” liaise been incilided iii noise been incilided in the should have been included in the local candidate's election expenses. one of the local ukip leading lights told me they always felt the conservative party had cheated. just sheer number of bodies, the the sheer number of bodies, the sheer number of full—time staff down the sheer number of buses that here. the sheer number of buses that we re here. the sheer number of buses that were running bringing in volunteers at the weekends, or fed and watered and had money spent on them. i'm on the bus. i'm on the bus. the party also had egg; _ conservative party also had battle buses of activists touring other marginal seats, 29 across england. the party declared nearly £39,000 of transport and hotel bills but didn't transport afid'hotet'bilts'but didn't‘ declare over £63,000. the electoral commission says some of that £102,000 should've been put on local candidates expenses, possibly pushing them over their spendin

the south thanet constituency in 2015, where the conservatives were battling nigel farage.es into it. now they have been given the biggest everfine, £70,000, for breaking the rules on recording election spending, here, and elsewhere. we have never issued findings to that extent before, and i think they are some of the worst in the fact that they were unable to provide evidence when we needed it and the reports were inaccurate and the spending returns did not contain things they should have done. tré tfie’ié 739955? his official expenses after the campaign showed he was within the local spending limit, but the party's spending in the area is now under question. the conservative party spent thousands of pounds on hotels here in south thanet, £15,000 in a single hotel on the hill here, in ramsgate, and the electoral commission says at least some of that money should have been included in the local candidate's election expenses. one of the local ukip leading lights told me they felt the conservative party had cheated. just the sheer number of bodies, the sheer number of full—tim

the south thanet constituency in 2015, where the conservatives were battling nigel farage. chance... they poured big names and resources into poured big names and resourcesrinte now they have been given the it. now they have been given the biggest fine, £70,000, for breaking the rules on recording election the rules orlrecordigelectigge here, and elsewhere. spending. here, and elsewhere. we have never issued findings to that extent before, and i think they are some of the worst in the fact that they were unable to provide evidence when we needed it and the reports were inaccurate and the spending did not reports were inaccurate and the spending - did not contain spending returns did not contain things they should have done. the tory candidate won the seat, his official expenses after the campaign showed he was within the local spending limit, but the party's spending limit, but the party's spending in the area is now under question. the conservative party spent thousands of pounds on hotels here in south thanet, is a,000 in a single hotel on the hill here, in and the electo

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craig mackinlay, the mp for south thanet, is being investigated over alleged overspending in the 2015kinley was voted in and he beat the former ukip leader, nigel farage, to become the mp there. the bbc understand that's he has been interviewed under caution over allegations of overspending during the general election. the conservative party is facing claims that accommodation costs for activists who were bussed around the country to key constituencies should have been recorded as part of local spending limits, not as part of the national campaign limit. so as a result, there are a number of police investigations going on across the country, looking into whether some mps agents should have filed costs associated with the battle bus under their local constituency expenses. spokesman has said that the party was cooperating with the ongoing investigations. separately, i know, there was a meeting that was held this afternoon with a number of concerned mps as well as the conservative party chairman. i'm told there were some unhappy mps at that meeting, but others say there was a sensible d

important findings from this report off the back of that investigation and the first of those is in thanetwhere the conservatives defeated nigel farage. the report says that the conservatives should have declared some of the hotel costs for tory officials, they should have declared that as local spending. because the tories have their anti—ukip national centre there. the reason why that matters is nick timothy, there, and the second thing that matters is the same principle about you should have declared some national spending as local applies m under investigation by the police on that matter. we heard from one of those mps last night. he is now no longer under investigation. what are those tory mps with that cloud hanging over them saying?