Electoral watchdog finds claims that Vote Leave cheated in the 2016 EU referendum ‘deeply flawed’

BOMBSHELL accusations from the elections watchdog that Vote Leave cheated in the 2016 referendum by massively overspending have been dismissed as “deeply flawed”.

The Electoral Commission are poised to accuse the Brexit campaign group of inaccurately declaring more than £250,000 in campaign spending.

And investigators believe they have unearthed an email between Vote Leave boss Dom Cummings and a Brexit donor Antony Clarke that proves there was a “common plan” between different Leave campaigns that falls foul of strict campaign rules.

The row looks to be heading to the courts after the winning Brexit team rejected the findings as “vindictive and biased” and claimed senior campaign bosses have not been given the chance to give evidence.

And Vote Leave sources rejected the findings of the probe as “innuendo, assertion” and “dubious” interpretations of the law.

Campaign group insiders have vowed to challenge the findings due to be published in the coming days.

They have hired the Electoral Commission’s own former lawyer who has advised them that the investigation has been strewn with errors.

Advice from a QC and seen by The Sun concluded that some of the accusations levelled at Vote Leave “cannot be supported in law”.

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