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Storm over 'biased' guide to EU vote

Council chiefs were this week frantically checking their EU referendum guidance as scrutiny ramped up ahead of the 23 June poll.

By Mark Whitehead, Dan Peters | 02 June 2016

Council chiefs were this week frantically checking their EU referendum guidance as scrutiny ramped up ahead of the 23 June poll.

A storm erupted after illustrated guides sent to postal voters by Bristol City Council and Swale BC pictured a hand with a pencil in it hovering over the ‘remain' box on a voting slip.

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