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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Butler Social policy editor

Vote fraud claims at King Charles-backed actors’ charity reported to police

Actors reading their scripts on stage in a theatre
The ABF operates hardship funds to support actors and stagehands in England and Wales who need financial or medical help. Photograph: Sean Prior/Alamy

Police have been called in to investigate amid suspicion of electoral fraud at an actors’ hardship charity supported by King Charles, in the latest twist to a long-running leadership power struggle.

The Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) said on Monday morning it had disregarded 156 online votes cast at its board elections held earlier this month after completing an internal investigation, carried out when it emerged the votes had come from just two digital mailboxes.

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