Photographs of Ed Miliband helping a constituent mow her lawn during the local election campaign were "set up" by his team, the "angry" voter has claimed.

Images on Twitter and Facebook showed the former Labour Party leader pushing the lawnmower as he joined councillors canvassing last week.

However, the woman he assisted has suggested she had to help Mr Miliband start the machine and that she had originally believed he was a Jehovah's Witness.