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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Townsend

Aaron Banks ‘writes off £7m loan’ as Leave.EU goes into liquidation

British businessman and co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign, Arron Banks walks past anti-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in  2019.
British businessman and co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign Arron Banks walks past anti-Brexit demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament in 2019. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

The Brexit campaign group Leave.EU has gone into liquidation with its controversial co-founder Arron Banks appearing to write off a loan worth more than £7m.

Documents submitted to Companies House also reveal that the anti-EU lobbying group, which was fronted by Nigel Farage during the 2016 EU referendum campaign, has failed to pay tens of thousands in fines owed to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaches of data law.

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