A huge election row has broken out after a Liverpool independent group vowed to go to the police over what they described as a 'toxic, phony and scurrilous' Labour election leaflet.
The row concerns the battle for two seats in the Garston ward of south Liverpool at next month's local elections. One of the candidates standing is current Cressington councillor Sam Gorst who last year quit Labour to join the Liverpool Community Independents group.
Cllr Gorst, who is running alongside fellow Community Independents candidate Lucy Williams for the two available seats in Garston, is the clear target for an election leaflet being posted through Garston doors currently, which has led his group to accuse Labour of 'sinking into the gutter.'
