The Electoral Commission have announced a review of the Election Expense limits for candidates at both General and Local Elections. They have published a draft recommendations document for consultation, requesting commments by the 18th December. Parliament is likely to accept their findings and institute them in time for the 2015 elections. The last time local election limits were raised in England and Wales was in 2005.
“Based on our initial findings we are proposing that there should be an increase to these spending limits to take into account a number of factors, including recent increases to the costof postage and the lengthening of the timetable at UK Parliamentary general elections.”
Please send any responses to Steve Goodrich by email sgoodrich@electoralcommission.