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TRADE unionists will protest today as Northumberland County Council votes to implement government cuts, writes Peter Lazenby.

Public service union Unison, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), Unite and the GMB will demonstrate outside Morpeth town hall between 2pm and 3pm.

Unison branch secretary Joyce Guthrie said the Labour-controlled council faced an 82.4 per cent cut in government funding.

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