Police are reviewing a Conservative candidate’s campaign adverts after receiving allegations of election fraud.

Robert Largan, who is fighting to keep his High Peak seat, has published a number of campaign materials in the colours of Labour and Reform UK.

The graphics also included the phrases “Labour for Largan” and “Reform for Robert”.

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In the first social media post, it says: “So many local Labour voters have told me they’re going to vote for me, because they want to keep me as their local MP.

“There have been so many that I’m launching a new Labour for Largan club.”

The social media post about Reform links to Mr Largan’s campaign page, which says: “Reform supporters right across the High Peak are voting local on Thursday 4th July and backing Robert Largan. Will you?”

Derbyshire Police said: “We wish to confirm that we have received a number of messages in relation to claims of election fraud, raised due to concerns around marketing material.

“An incident has been created and will be reviewed.”

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A spokesman for Mr Largan denied he had done anything wrong, saying all his election leaflets clearly state he is the Tory candidate and comply with electoral law.

“As Mr Largan’s social media posts and website make abundantly clear, large numbers of traditional Labour voters have been contacting him to tell him they plan to vote for him, despite him being a Conservative candidate,” a statement said.

“The same goes for Reform supporters. This is because of Mr Largan’s strong record of delivery in the High Peak.

“Therefore, supporters clubs of traditional Labour and Reform voters have been set up, to allow people to tell Mr Largan that they’re supporting him.

“These are called Labour for Largan and Reform for Robert. Such supporters clubs are not a new phenomenon.”

Mr Largan won the red wall seat of High Peak in 2019 with a slim 590 majority.

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Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv to call for the resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu and the immediate release of hostages.

An estimated 120,000 people took to the streets of the Israeli city to call on the far-right governing coalition to accept a ceasefire deal outlined by Joe Biden on Friday, according to local media.

The deal would see the staggered release of hostages captured on 7 October – the day of Hamas’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people – in return for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the besieged enclave of Gaza.

Skirmishes broke out between protesters and police, with two people reportedly arrested and 14 injured as police used a sound cannon to disperse crowds.

A water cannon was also reportedly deployed for the protest – believed to have been the biggest demonstration against Mr Netanyahu’s government since 7 October – but not used.

Families of hostages said time to get their loved ones back was running out as they gathered in different cities across Israel.

About 120 of the 252 people taken are believed to still be in captivity since 7 October, an attack that prompted a retaliatory Israeli military campaign on Gaza which has left the territory in ruins, led to widespread starvation and killed more than 36,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities.

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“This might be the last chance to save lives,” Gili Roman said.

His sister, Yarden Roman-Gat, was freed during a weeklong ceasefire in November, but his sister-in-law Carmel is still held.

“Our leadership must not disappoint us. But mostly, all eyes should be on Hamas,” Mr Roman said.

Mr Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday any notion that Israel would agree a permanent ceasefire before “the destruction of Hamas’ military and governing capabilities” was “a non-starter”.

An aide to the prime minister told the Sunday Times that Israel had accepted the deal outlined by the US president but “there are a lot of details to be worked out”.

Ophir Falk, chief foreign policy adviser to Mr Netanyahu, added Israel’s conditions of having “the release of the
hostages and the destruction of Hamas as a genocidal terrorist organisation” have not changed.

Besides the ongoing protests by families of hostages, Mr Netanyahu is also facing pressure from within his own circles as two far-right members of his coalition threatened to withdraw from the government if he went ahead with a deal that ended the war without destroying Hamas.

Hamas said on Friday it was ready to engage “positively and in a constructive manner”.

But senior official Mahmoud Mardawi told Qatari television it had not yet received details of the proposal.

Families described an aggressive meeting on Thursday with Israel’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, who told them the government wasn’t ready to sign a deal to bring all hostages home and there was no plan B.

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Many hostages’ families accuse the government of a lack of will.

“We know that the government of Israel has done an awful lot to delay reaching a deal, and that has cost the lives of many people who survived in captivity for weeks and weeks and months and months,” Sharone Lifschitz said.

Her mother, Yocheved, was freed in November but her father, Oded, is still held.

The first phase of the deal described by Mr Biden would last for six weeks and include a “full and complete ceasefire,” a withdrawal of Israeli forces from all densely populated areas of Gaza and the release of a number of hostages, including women, older people and the wounded, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

The second phase would include the release of all remaining living hostages, including male soldiers, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

The third phase calls for the start of a major reconstruction of Gaza, which faces decades of rebuilding from the war’s devastation.

Meanwhile, US forces on Saturday destroyed one Iran-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial system in the southern Red Sea and saw two others crash into Red Sea, US Central Command said.

The Central Command forces also destroyed two Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles fired in direction of the USS Gravely, it said.

No injuries or damage were reported by US, coalition or commercial ships, it said.

Labour has denied claims it is offering peerages to former Labour MPs so they stand down to make space for Sir Keir Starmer’s chosen candidates.

A number of left-wing Labour candidates, who were MPs until the election was called, told The Times they were told they would be elevated to the House of Lords if they gave up their seats.

But Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow home secretary, told Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: “No party can do that, it’s not the way the system works.”

She added that there is a “whole process” for an independent committee to vet nominations to the Lords so it is not possible for Sir Keir, or any party leader, to promise anybody a seat there.

The allegation came after Sir Keir was accused of trying to get rid of candidates to the left of the party.

Veteran MP Diane Abbott accused him of “culling” Labour left-wingers after two potential candidates, Faiza Shaheen and Lloyd Russell-Moyle, were blocked from standing.

Former leader Jeremy Corbyn told Sky News Sir Keir is “clearly intervening” in a “purge” of left-wing candidates.

But Sir Keir has denied that, saying he wants “the highest quality candidates”.

Whether Ms Abbott, the first female black MP, would be allowed to stand or not for the Labour Party has taken over the headlines in the first week of the election campaign.

Asked by Trevor Phillips if she expects Ms Abbott to be the Labour candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Ms Cooper said: “I assume so, yes.

“I’m very glad it’s been resolved for Diane. She continues to be a very important figure in the Labour Party.”

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Ms Abbott was given the Labour whip back at the beginning of the week after a year-long investigation over a letter she wrote suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people do not face racism.

Confusion reigned when she claimed she had been barred from standing for Labour in Hackney North and Stoke Newington, the seat she has held for 37 years.

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Sir Keir said no decision had yet been taken and it was not up to him, but the party’s national executive committee.

Then on Friday, he said: “She is free to go forward as a Labour candidate.”

Ms Abbott said she would not be making a comment until she is officially endorsed by the party’s ruling National Executive Committee next week.

But she told Sky News that “the narrative does look positive”.

Labour sources said she will be the Labour candidate in her east London constituency and is expected to ratify the decision when it meets on Tuesday.