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of campaigning is being looked into by the gambling commission over an alleged bet on the timing of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura saunders who is the party s candidate in bristol north west are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being called. the use of confidential information in order to gain an unfair advantage when betting may be a criminal offence. we now know that among those being looked into are tony lee, who s the conservative party s director of campaigning, and his wife, laura saunders, who s a candidate. mr lee took a leave of absence from his job yesterday. both mrs saunders and mr lee have been approached for comment, but ....

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