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Will Hayward

Labour Party gaffe after sending Welsh leaflets - to voters in Scotland

The Labour party has been left red faced after mistakenly distributing leaflets in Welsh - in the Scottish Highlands.

The leaflets were part of the parties campaigning for ahead of the EU elections on May 23.

Homes across Ross-shire in northern Scotland received the leaflets with some, slightly confused, residents taking to social media to express their surprise.

A Scottish Labour spokesman said they were looking into how the leaflets were mistakenly sent to the wrong area and that no personal data had been shared.

Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands John Finnie tweeted a picture of the leaflet, which had English down one side and Welsh down the other.

Speaking to the BBC a Scottish Labour spokesman said: "A small batch of leaflets were mistakenly sent to the wrong location and we're looking into how this happened. Most importantly, no personal data was shared."

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