WEST Sussex Fire and Rescue 'Stop the Cuts' campaigner Tony Morris has condemned the county council's decision to cut the service budget by £1.6m as a "death sentence".

A motion to overturn the decision by Michael Jones, the Labour member for Crawley, was rejected by 28 councillors.

The cuts include the loss of two fire engines at Midhurst and Petworth, and the loss of three firefighters at both Bognor and Chichester.

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