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Police abandon inquiry into Lib Dem deputy leader Swinson's election expenses

POLICE have dropped their inquiry into Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson’s election expenses after being “unable to establish criminality.”

The Scottish MP, who was a minister in the previous coalition government, was reported to Police Scotland last year, reportedly by one of her constituents.

Officers began looking into the circumstances in November after receiving the complaint, which centred around spending in the 2017 general election.

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