The group spent hundreds of thousands on polling and research into the party’s membership, which was used to help Starmer become leader. • Group behind Keir Starmer’s rise to power ‘losing staff and donors’ Ultimately, the Electoral Commission found more than 20 breaches and levied a fine of £14,250 in September 2021. In extracts of The Fraud, seen by The Times, the author Paul Holden asked whether the commission investigation was made aware of emails and a phone call between McSweeney and the commission in late 2017 and early 2018. Freedom of information requests revealed that commission staff explicitly told...