"Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after admitting it sent out letters from a concerned neighbour which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party. Greater Manchester police confirmed it had received a report about the breach of electoral law and said it would investigate. The Electoral Commission said the omission was a matter for the police, stressing that failing to include an imprint in candidate election material is an offence."
"Dozens of voters in the Gorton and Denton constituency reported receiving letters from a pensioner written in a handwriting-style font on Friday. The letters do not include an imprint saying who they have been funded and distributed by, as required by electoral law. The author of the letter, Patricia Clegg, describes herself in the mail-outs only as a local pensioner, 74 years old."
Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after letters from a concerned neighbour omitted the required imprint identifying who funded and distributed them. Greater Manchester Police received a report and will investigate. The Electoral Commission stressed that failing to include an imprint in candidate election material is an offence. Dozens of voters in the constituency received handwriting-style letters from a 74-year-old local pensioner, Patricia Clegg, who confirmed membership of Reform UK and that she was asked to write the letter but was not told about the missing imprint. The campaign provided a full legal imprint to its print contractor; the imprint was inadvertently removed during printing and the printer accepted responsibility.
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