A blooper for Labour as it launches its manifesto

Labour's manifesto is out but as the FT's Jim Pickard writes,the party may well have breached some electoral rules by luanching it in a hospital

“Cabinet Office General Election Guidance 2010″, page 38:

‘1. Neither Ministers, nor any other Parliamentary candidates, should involve Government establishments or offices (such as Jobcentres) in the General Election campaign by visiting them for electioneering purposes.

‘2. In the case of NHS property, decisions are for the relevant NHS Trust but should visits be permitted to, for example, hospitals, the Department of Health and the Scottish Executive advise that there should be no disruption to services and the same facilities should be available to other candidates. In any case, it is advised that Election meetings should not be permitted on NHS premises’.