The widespread fraud surrounds the Tory party's so-called "battlebus" which they used to transport Conservative campaigners from around the country and accommodated them in hotels.
Apparently, according to Channel 4 which investigated the alleged election fraud, Britain's ruling party failed to report up to US$288,000 spent on MPs and local candidates in 33 elections that should have been declared in the party's local spending.
hey, think I've just found the new Tory #BattleBus ~ better in pink perhaps? pic.twitter.com/nnvQ8CBUw0
— Steve Fx ©2016 (@bitgit) May 8, 2016
Some of the undeclared expenses included hotel bills and the cost of transporting activists in highly contested areas of the UK to help the Tory campaign. Under electoral law, breaching spending limits is a criminal offence.
In a statement, the Conservative party blamed the omission of the hotel costs of people bussed in to help campaign on an "administrative error."
#dodgytories How is the investigation going into tory fraud at the last election. #bbcdp pic.twitter.com/UHvauzr3gC
— noel jon pleb (@nja5) May 9, 2016
Following the exposure by the broadcaster, police investigations have been launched by seven different forces, including Greater Manchester Police Devon and Cornwall, Northamptonshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire and Gloucestershire.
Two police forces, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester say they are seeking to extend their one-year time limit into the investigation into improper elector expenses. It's expected other forces will follow suit.
Meanwhile, accusations are emerging that the alleged fraud carried out by Britain's ruling party has been ignored by some of UK's mainstream media.
