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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage, Policy Editor

Labour Facebook ads attack red wall Tory MPs in drive to swing voters

One of Labour’s new social media ads on the rising mortgage crisis
One of Labour’s new social media ads on the rising mortgage crisis Photograph: The Labour Party

Red wall Tory MPs are being targeted by Labour attack ads over their failure to support a ban on fracking, as part of an overhaul of the party’s social media effort.

A new in-house digital team, filled with former Google and tech start-up employees, has been building new applications for the party to create, target and publish swift social media ads at swing voters. They have so far concentrated on fracking, the rising costs of mortgages, the Tory record on the economy and Labour’s opposition to some of the direct action taken by Just Stop Oil protesters.

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