Prime Minister flew on April 1 five days after the start of the hotly contested Hartlepool vote campaign got underway. After landing in Teeside International Airport he was taken by motorcade to a B&Q story in Middlesborough on government business to promote a rise in the minimum wage.
However, following the visit he met with Tory Hartlepool candidate Jill Mortimer for a tour of local company Hart Biologicals.
Mortimer, who went on to win the seat, and Johnson then went door-knocking, leafleting and chatted to voters in the constituency.According to electoral rules government money should not be used for party political work.Any cash spend by a party has to be declared to the returning officer.Now, a document published by Business Insider.
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