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Dudley councillor quits Labour after 41 years' membership
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A SENIOR Labour councillor announced yesterday that he has left the party after 41 years over its attacks on society’s most vulnerable.

Announcing the decision, Dudley councillor Pete Lowe wrote: “I always believed I could better serve my community from within the Labour Party.

“I no longer believe that is the case under Keir Starmer’s leadership.

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