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City's Labour councillor defects
Councillor Bernard Brotherton, who has been a Labour member for 16 years,is defecting to the Liberal Democrats. He has represented Devonport on Plymouth City Council since 2003.
He has cited "secrecy" among the ruling city council Labour group.
He says "I hope people will understand and I believe they will follow me."
Speaking to BBC South West, he said: "I believe that the Labour government nationally and Plymouth City Council locally have increasingly failed to engage with the communities that they represent.
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