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Dorset Marches Against Cuts
Protestors are marching through Dorchester in protest against planned cuts by Dorset County Council. The local branch of the Trades Union Council has called on all residents to meet to say NO to more cuts in services.
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- Laura Makin-Isherwood
FULL REPORT: Dorset cuts protest - "a massacre"
Campaigners in Dorset say proposed cuts to council budgets are nothing short of a massacre. Today hundreds of people marched through Dorchester in protest at multi million pound cuts.
"The Council never listens"... says this protester
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This lady says "the Council never listens"
An independent councillor takes to the protest stage
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Union representatives give speeches at march
On Thursday [14th] Dorset County Councillors will be voting on whether to cut a further £11 million pounds from their budget during 2013/14.
The Trades Council has organised a public a march from Poundbury to the new council offices at West Dorset District Council, protesting against the cuts.
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Protesters march through Poundbury
