2020, but Mr Cummings says that Mr Halsall’s “ life was made a misery for years because of profoundly

Investigations by the elections watchdog should be time-limited to one year, Whitehall’s standards chief has said, as he recognised the “ personal anguish and pain ” experienced by innocent campaigners subjected to lengthy inquiries. This week, a report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life will recommend a 12-month limit cut-off for starting investigations into alleged campaign offences. The Electoral Commission would then be given a year to carry out each inquiry.In an interview with Th

A pensioner murdered with a crossbow was conned out of more than ￡200, 000 in the years leading up to his death, a court has heard. Gerald Corrigan, 74, and his partner, Marie Bailey, 67, befriended Richard Wyn Lewis in 2015 and in the following four years paid out thousands of pounds which they believed was for property developments, land sales and horses, Mold Crown Court was told on Monday. Peter Rouch QC, prosecuting, said the reasons for Mr Corrigan’s murder, outside his home near South Sta