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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR WELCOMES “FANTASTIC NEWS” OF A LIKELY DEAL BETWEEN SSI AND CORUS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland today welcomed the news that SSI has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Teesside Cast Products.  Tom said: &ldquo;This is...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:50:20</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[“Under this government, London and Whitehall now seem very far away from this region.” – McKinnell ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Responding to today&rsquo;s announcement by Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, that he is scrapping Government Offices for the North East, Catherine McKinnell, Labour MP for Newcastle North said;   &ldquo;Under...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:11:54</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[EMBARRASSMENT FOR GOVERNMENT AS TORY COUNCILLORS CONDEMN VAT RISE]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[There is embarrassment for the Tory/Lib Dem Government today after Conservative councillors in Hartlepool joined with Labour members to condemn the planned VAT rise.  Two Tory Councillors, including the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:23:05</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The ConDem government risk reversing Labour’s cuts in crime rates]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour has today welcomed the publication of annual Home Office statistics showing a large drop in recorded crime in the North East. According the Home Office, compared with last year,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:32:02</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour hits out at £6.1m of ConDem policing cuts for the North East]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour MPs in the region have today hit out at Tory/Lib Dem Coalition budget proposals that will cut &pound;6.1m from the police grant to North East forces. A vote in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:58:58</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR STEPS UP PRESSURE ON LIB DEMS OVER VAT RISE]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour has today stepped up the pressure on the region&rsquo;s Liberal Democrat MPs over the coalitions plans to increase VAT to 20%. The highly regressive measure, which will hit the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:02:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Government wrong on healthy school meals]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Two North East MPs have accused the Government of getting it wrong on school food after a week which saw Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launch a war of words with...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:13:30</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA["A dark day for Teesside" which could hamper attempts to find a steel plant buyer]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop, today expressed what he called his 'raw anger' at news that the government were to go ahead with abolishing England's nine...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:19:01</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[COALITION BREAK PROMISE AS DETAILS OF CUTS TO REGIONAL SUPPORT ARE ANNOUNCED. ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[POWERS MOVED AWAY FROM REGION BACK TO LONDON  Labour in the North has today condemned the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition&rsquo;s announcement of cuts to support for the North East and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:00:41</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Tory Lib Dem Budget will hit North families]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Region&rsquo;s MP have today condemned the Tory-Lib Dem Coalition Budget which will hit working families across the North East and Cumbria. Roberta Blackman Woods Labour&rsquo;s MP for City of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:28:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[AXE FOR NEW HOSPITAL IS “CRUEL AND UNNECESSARY” –BURNHAM]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local people across the Tees Valley and South Durham have reacted with anger at the decision of the Tory Lib Dem coalition government to cancel a &pound;450m plan to build...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:59:38</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[SCRAPPING FUTURE JOBS FUND BAD FOR NORTH EAST - GOODMAN]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Helen Goodman MP, Labour&rsquo;s Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions has today urged the Tory &ndash; Lib Dem government not to cut support for jobs and the economy, as figures...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:25:07</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[“CAMERON DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE NORTH EAST.” - BLENKINSOP]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Labour MP, Tom Blenkinsop today denounced David Cameron's speech in which he said 'everyone was in the same boat' as a speech from 'someone who...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:19:15</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Gordon Brown - Fighting for your future]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader, speaking today at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland to launch Labour's culture and creative industries manifesto, said:...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 05:14:55</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR TAKES CAMPAIGN AGAINST CAMERON’S CUTS TO THE STREETS OF THE NORTH EAST]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour today took the campaign against David Cameron&rsquo;s regional cuts to the streets of the North East. Five David Cameron&rsquo;s descended on North Shields Town Centre to highlight the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:31:47</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR CHALLENGE THE TORIES OVER SUPPORT FOR TEESSIDE]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour have today challenged the Tories over the future of a &pound;60m funding package for Teesside over fears it could be axed under a Conservative government. The Labour Government announced...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 03:00:28</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Cameron's admission on North East cuts has derailed the Tories campaign in the region. ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour has today stepped up its attack on the admission by Tory leader David Cameron that the Conservative government would target the North East for public spending cuts.  During...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:13:54</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[DAVID CAMERON’S CUTS WOULD CRUSH OUR CHANCES OF SECURING A DECENT ECONOMIC RECOVERY - NICK BROWN]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Responding to tonight's David Cameron&rsquo;s interview with the BBC's Jeremy Paxman, where he targets the North East for public sector cuts, Nick Brown, Labour&rsquo;s Minister for the North East said;...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:29:13</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[TOO SOON TO CUT JOBS HELP IN THE NORTH- YVETTE COOPER]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[LABOUR TODAY SET out new plans for a job guarantee for the long term unemployed in the North and vowed to continue support for jobs and the economy until the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:11:39</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR LAUNCHES MANIFESTO FOR THE NORTH EAST ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour has launched our manifesto for the North East by highlighting plans to secure the region&rsquo;s economic recovery and the risk posed by the Conservatives. Labour&rsquo;s General Election Manifesto...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:46:31</pubDate>
                           
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