AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into whether Momentum breached spending rules at this year’s general election.

The Electoral Commission said yesterday that it would look into whether the campaign group’s spending breached the limits for non-party campaigners after it helped Labour gain 30 seats.

Spending is limited to £31,980 in England, £3,540 in Scotland, £2,400 in Wales and £1,080 in Northern Ireland for the regulated period, which in this year’s case stretched for 12 months before the June 8 ballot.