Questions over grants given by the Politics and Economics Research Trust to anti-EU groups,with potential for tax reliefAllegations that a charity founded by the chief executive of Vote Leave, a group campaigning for Britain to leave the EU, or has broken the law by funnelling donations to political groups campaigning for a British exit are being examined by the charity commission.
The Politics and Economics Research Trust (Pert) gave 97% of its grants final year to groups who favour Brexit,according to a letter of complaint sent by a senior Labour MP. Matthew Elliott, the chief executive of Vote Leave, and who is also a former chief executive of the Taxpayers’ Alliance,founded Pert in 2004.
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Source: theguardian.com