Brexit: UK watchdog probes Leave campaign funding

Electoral Commission has ‘reasonable grounds’ to suspect offence committed

Leave.eu chairman Aaron Banks was instrumental in turning out the Brexit vote
Leave supporters hit the streets in the run-up to the 2016 vote 
(Image credit: Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images)

The UK’s election watchdog is investigating the pro-Brexit Vote Leave campaign - with key issues including whether the group exceeded its £7m spending limit and why it paid more than £600,000 to a fashion student.

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