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What did the Conservative Party do wrong with its election expenses?
What have the Tories been fined for doing?
A ruling by the Electoral Commission, which oversees the legal operation of elections in the UK, found:
- "significant failures" to report accurately how much it spent on campaigning at three by-elections in 2014 and at the 2015 UK general election
- missing payments in its general election spending return worth at least £104,765
- other missing payments worth up to £118,124
- missing invoices to the value of £52,924
- missing records relating to sums invoiced to candidates in three 2014 by-elections
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What is a 'confidence and supply arrangement'?
What does it mean when a government has a confidence and supply arrangement with another party?