FAMILIES marched on Hove Town Hall to call on Brighton and Hove City Council to save children's centres.

At least 100 people, complete with flags and placards, walked from New Road in Brighton to Hove Town Hall by police escort.

Supporters of The Argus Save Our Centres campaign, the GMB and some councillors took part in he protest organised by the Brighton Children's Centre campaign group.

The protest stood outside Hove Town Hall to call on councillors to protect people from cuts as they set the 2015/16 budget in a meeting.

The Green administration says services - including some children's centres - will have to be cut if it cannot secure a 5.9% council tax rise in the meeting tonight.

Anna Medvedovsky, 23, of Hove, and two-year-old Alexis joined the march. She said: "I was a single parent when my daughter was born. I am worried that parents will be restricted to attending groups for only eight weeks if they are not classed as high need. How can they possibly decide the emotional needs of mothers? I was able to meet parents in the same situation as me when I visited children's centres and this helped, but not in just eight weeks."

Zoe Bowman, 40, of Westdene in Brighton, took part with Edie, one, in opposition to services being taken away.

Amanda Hodgson, of Hove, and 16-month-old Iris, held a placard which said "We love children's centres."

She said: "These services are well used and are a lifeline for many people. If these goes, it will have a knock on effect on the NHS. "

Mother-of-one Magda Pill, 38, of Hove, who is expecting her second child, said: "Children's centres are a place for younger and older children can thrive. This is like being given a carrot and then having it taken away."