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Old 23-07-2018, 06:55 AM #1
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Default Remain had 'unfair advantage' with Cameron's £9.3m leaflet



A £9.3 MILLION leafleting onslaught gave David Cameron’s Remain campaign an unfair advantage in the run-up to the June 2016 referendum, a new report suggests.

The pro-EU camp used millions in public funds to distribute the leaflets in April, just before the crunch vote on exiting the single bloc.

The leaflets urged Britons to vote to Remain in the EU when they want to the polls on June 23.

But the Independent Commission on Referendums is now demanding an extension on bans stopping ministers using bottomless pits of taxpayers’ money to help promote their argument in the final month of a campaign.

The cross-party body also believes the election watchdog should be allowed to seek a court injunction banning such material.

Its report says: “The Commission is concerned that the current restrictions on government during referendum campaigns permit potentially unlimited spending of public money in favour of one side before the final four weeks.

“Less than three months before the EU referendum, the UK government spent £9.3 million of public funds distributing a leaflet entitled, “Why the government believes that voting to remain in the EU is the best decision for the UK’, the purpose of which, it claimed, was to help the public make an informed decision in the upcoming EU referendum.

“The Commission is concerned that the current restrictions on government during referendum campaigns permit potentially unlimited spending of public money in favour of one side before the final four weeks.”


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