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How did Vote Leave cheat?

Details of how Vote Leave cheated were laid out in full today as the nation comes to grips with the news that one of the campaign's leading donors is to be investigated by the National Crime Agency. Funding from Arron Banks will now be investigated as part of a possible criminal conspiracy that links donations to impermissible sources. It comes after Vote Leave was fined and reported to police by the Electoral Commission for overspending on their campaign to the tune of £675,000....

Privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5bn per year plus increased fares

The privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5 billion per year and driven up fares by 20 per cent, according to analysis released to mark the 25th anniversary of the legislation that put British Rail into the hands of the private sector. Commuters have endured a “catastrophic” privatisation of the rail network since 1995, Labour research has concluded, with taxpayers putting billions of pounds into the system at the same time as ticket prices have been driven up...

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