SNP’s mug stunt lands Westminster leader Stephen Flynn in hot water

Stephen Flynn, the SNP’s Westminster leader, is under investigation by parliamentary authorities for his use of stationery in a stunt attacking the Labour Party.

The party distributed mugs to journalists last month that mimicked Labour Party ads and said: “Control on family — what’s the point of Labour?”

The mugs were an attack on the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap if his party won the next election.

The attack was accompanied by a note on Flynn’s own headed paper, which read: “The Labour Party has a new range of mugs in production. They’re made in China — just like Keir Starmer’s latest policy.”

The attack, the latest in a long line of SNP targeting of Labour