200 Dorset police officers have joined thousands of others to march through London today in protest againt planned budget cuts.

Only off-duty officers will be on the walk as the force is banned from striking by law.

The Dorset Police Federation says frontline services and therefore public safety will be affected by the cuts..

Policing minister Nick Herbert says he has written to officers ahead of today's march.

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