The elections watchdog has lashed out at top Tory Michael Gove over new legislation that lets governments shape how electoral rules apply to their party.
The Electoral Commission urged the government to axe parts of the Elections Bill, which it says will allow governments to muzzle the independent regulator and influence its “operational functions and decision-making” and.
In a letter to the Levelling Up Secretary on Monday, commissioners warn the introduction of a new “strategy and policy statement” for the watchdog gives ministers power over “oversight and enforcement of the political finance regime” and the guidance to political parties and campaigners.
