Labour election material at the printers

An employee of prepares to load a sheet into a CutStar sheeter in the first process of printing Labour election material at Anton Group Printers in Laindon, Essex Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk An employee of Anton Group Printers loads a sheet into a CutStar sheeter. The freepost mail is distributed to constituencies across the UK in a nationwide appeal to the electorate Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk An employee of Anton Group Printers lays out a finished printed sheet in one of the first processes Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Finished printed sheets of Labour election material are prepared for cutting Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Finished printed sheets are stacked ready for cutting Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk An employee checks a finished printed sheet – part of Labour's election material – for Kevin Bonavia, the party's candidate in Rochford and Southend East Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Finished printed sheets are prepared for cutting Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Labour freepost leaflets are processed Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Labour freepost leaflets are processed Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk The printers produce up to 8 million A4 leaflets a day for Labour and a wide range of other clients Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Freepost leaflets for several Labour candidates wait to be packed Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Leaflets wait to be packed Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk