Fear and loathing on the campaign trail

Last minute attack leaflet hits Fort Pitt, plus Rochester car parks get barriers, former Gillingham MP Paul Clark jailed, and more

Editor’s note: Thanks for reading Local Authority following one of our biggest weeks in terms of numbers. So many of you chose to become paid supporters in the past week, and I can’t stress how appreciated that is. Lots of time and effort went into our election coverage, and we have lots more big stories currently brewing, so please consider taking a fr…