ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE CHRIS HUHNE’S ELECTION SPENDING

Posted on Jun 1, 2011 in blog, frontpage As you may have seen in the media, a complaint from the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has triggered an Electoral Commission case review into Chris Huhne’s election spending. Just under a year ago we wrote to Sunlight supporters saying: “We have this week begun a new investigation into the election spending of Zac Goldsmith, Chris Huhne and Ed Balls. We have reason to believe that...
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Bill Wiggin in the Sights Once Again

Posted on Mar 2, 2011 in blog, Expenses, frontpage, projects Bill Wiggin has admitted submitting a false invoice: Sunlight is on the case: More...
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Petition Eric Illsley to Resign as an MP

Posted on Jan 11, 2011 in blog, Expenses, frontpage, projects Eric Illsley MP pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud this morning, yet under Parliamentary rules could remain an MP unless he is sentenced to longer than a year in prison. We believe we should not pay his salary if he goes to prison and should immediately resign for disgracing his office and stealing taxpayers’ money. We, the undersigned, call on Eric Illsley to immediately resign and...
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Questions Over Chris Huhne’s Expenses

Posted on Aug 6, 2010 in blog, Expenses, frontpage The battle for Eastleigh was one of the tightest at the General Election. Chris Huhne managed to hold the seat after a hard-fought battle with Maria Hutchings, the Conservative candidate. Huhne declared campaign expenses of £10,911.05 in the 23 days before the General Election – a mere £113 under the the legal limit of £11,024. After examining the expenses returns of Chris Huhne the...
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What do Zac Goldsmith, Ed Balls and Chris Huhne have in Common?

Posted on Jul 23, 2010 in blog, frontpage, projects We have this week begun a new investigation into the election spending of Zac Goldsmith, Chris Huhne and Ed Balls. We have reason to believe that there was irregular spending in all three of these tight campaigns. There is evidence of high spending in all of these seats, yet these successful candidates managed to declare their expenditure at the permitted level. Chris Huhne and Zac...
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New Tory Minister’s Bio-tech and Agri-Business Lobbying Past Questioned

Posted on May 14, 2010 in blog, Caroline Spelman, frontpage, projects The Sunlight Centre today wrote to the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding the conflict of interest arising from the appointment of Caroline Spelman MP as the Secretary for State for the department. Until last year Spelman co-owned Spelman, Cormack & Associates, a food and biotechnology lobbying firm she set up in 1989 with her husband, Mr...
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