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Devoted crowd nears end of 200-mile hike to austerity protest

FOOTSLOGGERS who have tramped 200 miles to Manchester from Wales will cover their last leg tomorrow morning to join the People’s Assembly ­protest at the Tory conference.

They left Tredegar, south Wales, on September 22 under the slogan: “Walking the breadline.”

Local trade unionists played host as the marchers stopped in towns along the way.

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