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Campaign spending poses more questions than answers
Comment: Campaign spending poses more questions than answers

New figures have revealed a seat-by-seat breakdown of election spending. It doesn’t take long to unearth some interesting results. By Alex Stevenson The Electoral Commission’s constituency-by-constituency breakdown of candidates’ spending at the general election is an intimidating spreadsheet of data. But a quick look at the marginals I followed during the campaign yields some promising… Read more »

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The phone hacking allegations have been dominatin g headlines for well over a year
CPS refuses to press charges against Coulson

By Ian Dunt The Crown Prosecution Service has refused to pursue criminal charges against Andy Coulson over phone hacking. The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, said there was no evidence to bring criminal charges against David Cameron’s director of communications. The decision comes months after the Metropolitan police handed a file of evidence to… Read more »