Today, the British National Party has discovered it is to be fined for failing to report its donations and accounts to the Electoral Commission.
Under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, parties are required to report donations on a quarterly basis to the watchdog, and must also submit their annual reports and accounts.
Electoral Commission chief executive Peter Wardle described the BNP’s breach of the rules was described as “unacceptable”.
“We have not yet received a donation return for this quarter from the British National Party,” he said.
“This comes on top of their failure to deliver their latest annual statement of accounts to the Commission.
“This is unacceptable and the party will be issued with fines for both reporting failures.
“We will also be assessing the systems they have in place to ensure compliance with the law.”
Also this week, the BNP learned it was to be taken to court by the Equality and Human Rights Commission over claims its membership criteria breaches human rights law.
“BNP guilty of unacceptable rule breach” – By epolitix.com
Tags: BNP, Electoral commission, funding
[...] financial life. Speculation increased recently after not a single donation was registered to the Electoral Commission during the relevant quarter for the European elections. Anti-BNP sources have suggested an imminent [...]
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