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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Reform uk s matt goodwin will not face sanctions over byelection leaflet error | History Defined

Matt Goodwin during an interview before hustings at St Peter’s Church in Levenshulme, England
Matt Goodwin is Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Photograph: Mark Waugh/The Guardian

Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, will not face a sanction for leaflets that omitted the party’s imprint, after a high court judge accepted this was due to an inadvertent printing error.

Reform admitted that it sent about 81,000 leaflets to the constituency’s voters from a “concerned neighbour”, which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party.

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