Submitted on Monday 27th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Create an independent regulator to ensure truth in political advertising
The UK has just reached the end of one of the most acrimonious political campaigns in recent times. This has been highlighted by "facts" being produced by both sides, and maintained even when independent bodies demonstrate that they are not true.
In the commercial world the Advertising Standards Agency has the power to ban or change misleading adverts. There is no such thing for political adverts, yet these shape our world much more strongly than a decision about which ice cream we buy.
We urge the Government to create an independent body like the ASA, with the remit and power to verify claims made in political campaign material and compel bodies to retract and correct statements which are demonstrably misleading.
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