Nigel Farage's party says it fielded many 'paper candidates'
Reform UK has denied rumours that it fielded fake candidates in Greater Manchester at the general election .
The Manchester Evening News attended every election count in Greater Manchester on Thursday . Reform candidates for most of the constituencies were spotted at their counts, while others had attended hustings or spoken to the M.E.N. during the campaign. Reform UK told the M.E.N. that it is common for 'paper candidates' to not campaign locally and attend election count, particularly when a snap general election is called.' A party spokesman said: "In some of the places where we put paper candidates in, we didn't have the capacity at the time to find a local candidate and fight it properly. We did what we could in a very short amount of time.
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