Hear the impassioned speech made at the Town Hall budget meeting on Wednesday night by union official RACHAEL BAYLIS on behalf of the 25,000 people who have already signed the petition
There is to be another people’s protest outside the Town Hall that night, with those attending asked to start to arrive from 5.30pm.
SIGN THE PETITIONS HERE
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