By Joe Middleton and Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 19:32 BST, 3 April 2019 | Updated: 20:11 BST, 3 April 2019
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Lobbyists linked to political strategist Lynton Crosby (pictured) have been working for pro-Brexit Facebook groups, it has emerged
At least a dozen 'grassroots' groups that spent up to £1million on targeted Facebook campaigns for a No Deal Brexit are linked to Sir Lynton Crosby's lobbying company, it has been claimed.
Groups such as Britain's Future and We Are The 52 Per Cent have paid for online adverts encouraging voters to write to their MPs and urge them to back a hard Brexit.
The groups appear independent of each other but reportedly share page administrators who work for the Australian political strategist's firm, CTF Partners.
They have spent up to £1million lobbying for No Deal, according to documents seen by the Guardian.
Their total spend on Facebook adverts in the last six months is higher than that of the UK's major political parties and the Government combined, it is reported.
The adverts, urging the public to write to named MPs, are aimed to give the impression of a grassroots swell of support for No Deal.
Documents seen by the newspaper are said to show that at least three of the groups' administrators are linked to Mr Crosby's company.
One of the groups, Mainstream Network, was critical
