Here is the Electoral Commission’s view on Dave’s £9 million of extra taxpayer cashfor pro-EU leaflets:
“We don’t think the government should have done it… [it gives Remain an] unfair advantage… undermines the principle [of spending limits]”
A major intervention – this
is very strong language from the usually diplomatic Electoral
Commission.
Meanwhile multiple sources report that a whole team of Whitehall civil
servants have in the last week or so been seconded from their departmental jobs
to help the Remain campaign. Taxpayer-funded officials from the Cabinet Office,
Treasury and Foreign Office are said to have been moved to campaign roles. The slanted rules say such activity from
publicly-paid staff is banned if they want to help the Leave
campaign…
UPDATE: Stronger In stress no one is being seconded from
Whitehall to work for them. The speculation doing the rounds is that the
seconded civil servants are working on the campaign in Downing
Street.
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