LONDON: Britain's ruling Conservatives made "numerous failures" in reporting expenses for several elections and breached campaign spending rules, an independent watchdog said Thursday in an embarrassing blow for Prime Minister Theresa May.
The Electoral Commission slapped its largest ever fine -- £70,000 (80,000 euros, $86,000) -- on the Conservatives after the party misreported expenses for the 2015 general election and three by-elections in 2014.
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