Conservative Party denies call centre breached election law
The Conservative Party has denied claims that it used a Neath call centre to canvass voters during the general election. A Channel 4 investigation claimed that Blue Telecoms conducted marketing campaigns ahead of the general election, under contract of the Conservative Party. Paid canvassing is banned under electoral law. The investigation claims that workers promoted […]
Staff left ‘unpaid’ as call centre fined £270,000
Staff at a call centre claim they have been left unpaid after the company was handed one of the biggest fines in consumer history for making nuisance calls. Basingstoke-based Media Tactics was fined £270,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in March for making 22 million nuisance phone calls to members of the public. The […]
