Anti-Brexit supporters in city rally

ANTI-BREXIT campaigners from Macclesfield took part in a protest march to warn about its impact on the town.

Members of the Macclesfield branch of European Movement, a nationwide organisation which wants to keep the UK in the EU, joined forces and set off from Macclesfield train station for a protest rally in Manchester to represent the show of force in the town against leaving the EU.

The Stop Brexit March was attended by around 30,000 people to coincide with the Conservative Party conference.

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