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Iain Duncan Smith's offices have been graffitied as the Tory candidate revealed he gets sent death threats.

In a Facebook post, the former Secretary for the Department of Work and Pensions, said he had arrived to his office this morning to the words 'Tory cuts kill' sprayed in large letters on the door.

He branded the act "unacceptable" and said those responsible were "democracy-hating thugs".

The Tory hopeful for Chingford and Woodford Green also went on to reveal how he and other Conservative colleagues had also "received death threats".

Duncan Smith said: "Unfortunately this is what we’ve walked into this morning. This is not acceptable.

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"It has happened previously when campaigning for the local elections and so sadly it isn’t the first time that our opponents have caused criminal damage to our office with abusive graffiti.

"Around the country, many of my Conservative colleagues have, like me, received death threats and in the Chingford & Woodford Green constituency, the majority of our local party workers – many of whom are volunteers – are regularly subjected to intimidation.

"Political campaigning is an essential part of the democratic process and all opposition candidates must condemn such intimidation and criminal behaviour."

(Image: Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament (Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)))

"I have news for these democracy-hating thugs: this will not stop us from campaigning and delivering a Conservative majority government."

Waltham Forest councillor Emma Best said: "Not only have our offices been vandalised for election time again, but as we've moved and are now part of a residential block so have people's home. Bravo, idiot."

Faiza Shaheen, Labour parliamentary candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green, said she and her volunteers had also been subjected to abuse and threats and their office, reports the Ilford Recorder .

"Disgusted to see this has been done to the local Tory office," she said.