Labour has been told they should avoid talking about immigration when they are campaigning in a document that has been leaked to the press.
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The document had been send to party MPs and activists, and suggested that talking about immigration with the public or in leaflets would be 'unhelpful' and could turn voters away.
The document - which was entitled Campaigning Against UKIP - was made public by the Daily Telegraph and suggests to MPs to try and spot the potential Labour voters that could jump ship to UKIP and try to move the conversation away from immigration.
The report says: "Immigration is the issue people most often cite when explaining support for Ukip."
"It does not however follow that campaigning on immigration issues and emphasising our policies in our conversations with electors is always the correct response."
The report has been release just hours before Ed Miliband is set to make a speech about stopping cheap foreign labour replacing British workers, and is another huge embarrassment for the party.
Rachel Reeves, shadow work and pensions secretary, said she had not seen the document but it was her understanding that lines had been taken out of context.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Today programme, she said: "This is clearly something that Labour is talking to voters about, and it is our second pledge after our pledge on the deficit last week. I haven't seen the document but my understanding is those lines have been taken out of context."
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has come out to mock the campaign document as this Labour incident has helped deflect from the problems within his own party.
Kerry Smith, who was a rising star within UKIP and expected to a major contender for a seat at next year's general election, has had to stand down for racist and homophobic comments.
Kerry has been selected to run for the South Basildon and Thurrock seat earlier this week, but was heard making a string of offensive comments in a recording that has been obtained by the Mail on Sunday.
While Kerry had made an apology for his comments, he has stepped down from his position in the UKIP party.
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