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Jo Swinson has been campaigning at a farm near Chelmsford this afternoon Image caption: Jo Swinson has been campaigning at a farm near Chelmsford this afternoon

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson confirms a member of the party’s staff has been suspended for allegedly “faking” an email.

Speaking on a visit to an arable farm near Chelmsford, Essex, Ms Swinson says the incident was “completely unacceptable” and an investigation has been launched.

The Guardian reports an unnamed person was suspended for forging an email to back up a legal threat against the media platform, Open Democracy.

Ms Swinson does not confirm the identity of the staff member but says: “There was an email that was sent which was inaccurate, which was faked. That’s not acceptable, there’s an investigation, the member of staff has been suspended and I’m not going to comment further on staffing matters.”

She says the action was "unacceptable... and it’s right that we have taken that action".

The Lib Dems have been accused of distributing misleading information during this campaign - read our Reality Check piece about some of the accusations.

Ms Swinson says: “Obviously we communicate with people across the country through our 'focus' newsletters, through newspapers that we put out, through letters that we send to people, through a wide variety of campaigning methods and that is common not just for Liberal Democrats.

“That is what other parties do as well so I'm not going to apologise for communicating with the electorate"