HAVING noticed that the Labour candidate for Bromsgrove, Mr Ebbutt was trying to wage a smear campaign against Sajid Javid in your paper over the last few weeks, I thought I’d seize my opportunity to give him a few home truths. Mr Javid, our MP, is a hardworking and dedicated man. I have read in this very paper many of the things that Mr Javid has done for our community, and I think he is a credit to Bromsgrove.

I also have to turn my attention to the Labour candidate’s claims about the High Street. If he’d actually spoken to any of the shop owners or business people, he’d know they are actually really positive about the town centre, and feel the High Street renovation has helped their businesses recover from the recession caused by Labour.

Of course, if he spent a little more time in Bromsgrove, and a little less time as a councillor in Hackney, perhaps he’d have realised this.

Mr Ebbutt – if you want the votes of the people of Bromsgrove in May, you’ll have to do a lot better than this.

Katherine Moore Bromsgrove