Labour under investigation by Electoral Commission over Ed Stone receipts

The party says the problem is down to an administrative error

Labour leader Ed Miliband (Getty)

The Labour party has been put under investigation by the Electoral Commission for failing to file receipts for Ed Miliband’s engraved stone monolith.

Financial documentation of the so-called “Ed Stone” was initially missing from Labour’s initial filing to the Commission, which regulates elections in the UK.

The £2,430 stone obelisk was unveiled days before the 2015 election and bore Labour’s five main election pledges.

It was to be placed in the Downing Street garden in the event of a Labour win but was revealed yesterday to have been destroyed shortly after the party’s defeat.

On Friday the Commission said it had received the receipts. Labour said the problems were down to an administrative error.

“Ed Stone receipts now received. We’re investigating Labour over what happened,” the organisation said in a message on social media.

Miliband unveiling Labour’s pledges carved in stone in Hastings on 3 May (Getty Images)

The receipts show the monolith, unveiled by Mr Miliband in a car park in Hastings, was made by a company called “stoneCIRCLE”, a division of B&V Masonry.

Labour spokesperson said: “Due to an administrative error these invoices were not included with other items of campaign spend. We have informed the Electoral Commission and will seek to rectify this error as soon as possible.”