Tory candidate Kamran Razzaq suspended after leaflet claims Labour delivered hepatitis to local area A Conservative Party candidate for Dudley Council, Kamran Razzaq, has been suspended after a leaflet in his name claimed Labour […]

A Conservative Party candidate for Dudley Council, Kamran Razzaq, has been suspended after a leaflet in his name claimed Labour had spread hepatitis in his ward, Cradley and Wollescote.

Under a list of things Labour had delivered to the area the leaflet included “hepatitis”, as well as “Decline of our area.”

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Candidate suspended

Huffington Post have now reported that the Conservative Party have suspended Razzaq, telling HuffPo that “Kamran Razzaq has been suspended and an investigation is underway.”

Christian Calgie, a Conservative parliament aide, shared a photo of of the leaflet and said he did not want to embarrass the party but captioned it “wtf”. The tweet has since been deleted but Calgie later tweeted defending his posting of the leaflet.

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He accused them of leaving things unchecked to “nutters in local associations”.

Leaflet appears to refer to local outbreak

There was an outbreak of Hepatitis A at a primary school within the Cradley and Wollescote ward, where Razzaq is a candidate. Public Health England assisted the council dealing with the two cases, and said to Stourbridge News they were not aware of any further cases of the disease since intervening.

Stourbridge News also reported the outbreak became a contentious local issue after it was raised by Labour Councillor Tim Crumpton at a council meeting, who linked it to worries about possible human trafficking and modern day slavery in the area. Other councillors disputed this explanation.

Though Dudley Council is under Conservative leadership, the ward has three Labour councillors.

Local elections are on Thursday, 3 May.

i has contacted CCHQ for comment