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      <title>Fight through economic storm - PM</title>  
      <description>David Cameron warns of a global recession but urges the UK to "fight for a better future", in his speech to the Conservative conference.</description>  
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      <title>Miliband's 'new bargain' for UK</title>  
      <description>Ed Miliband vows to build a new society in which "reward is linked to effort" - and tells Labour's annual conference: "I am my own man".</description>  
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      <title>Clegg warns of 'long, hard road'</title>  
      <description>Britain faces a "long, hard road" to economic recovery, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warns in his big speech to the Lib Dem conference.</description>  
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      <title>BBC News - As it happened: Cameron's speech</title>  
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      <title>BBC News - As it happened: Monday</title>  
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      <title>EU changes 'years away' - Hague</title>  
      <description>William Hague warns Tory Eurosceptics hoping to get powers back from the EU that the opportunity for doing so could be "many years" away.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:09:58 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>EU defence calls nonsense - Fox</title>  
      <description>Nato must keep its role as the main defender of European countries, Liam Fox tells the Conservative Party conference.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:19:24 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Conservatives 'are party of poor'</title>  
      <description>Iain Duncan Smith says the Conservatives are now the party with the best policies for lifting people out of poverty.</description>  
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      <title>EU referendum 'good idea' - Boris</title>  
      <description>Boris Johnson suggests a referendum on Europe would be a "good idea", potentially putting himself at odds with David Cameron over the issue.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:29:24 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Row over May's migrant cat claim</title>  
      <description>Home Secretary Theresa May is criticised for making a claim that an illegal immigrant avoided deportation because of his pet cat.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:38:52 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>World economy in danger - Cameron</title>  
      <description>David Cameron says the world economy is at "a moment of danger" as a result of the eurozone crisis and urgent action is "absolutely vital".</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:31:04 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>GPs to face English language test</title>  
      <description>Doctors with a poor grasp of English will be prevented from working for the NHS, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley tells the Tory conference.</description>  
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      <title>Branson backs jobs for criminals</title>  
      <description>Business leaders including Sir Richard Branson back Justice Secretary Ken Clarke's plan to get Britain's prisoners working.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:55:20 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Tory conference: Andrew Tyrie MP</title>  
      <description>Tory conference: Andrew Tyrie MP</description>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:41:08 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>'Strip Clegg of human rights job'</title>  
      <description>A Tory MP is urging Nick Clegg to be stripped of his power to rule on a British Bill of Rights as he has "already made up his mind".</description>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:25:50 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>No temporary tax cuts - Osborne</title>  
      <description>Chancellor George Osborne rejects calls for temporary tax cuts to boost growth in a speech to the Conservative Party conference.</description>  
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      <title>UK 'to fight on benefit tourists'</title>  
      <description>Iain Duncan Smith promises to fight demands from Brussels to "open our doors to benefit tourists".</description>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:34:23 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>UK invests in graphene technology</title>  
      <description>The UK government pledges £50m to develop spin-off technologies from the super-strong material graphene.</description>  
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      <title>PM rules out 'in or out' EU vote</title>  
      <description>David Cameron says he will not support a referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU, even if MPs vote in favour.</description>  
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      <title>Council tax freeze to be extended</title>  
      <description>A council tax freeze in England will be extended to 2012-13 under plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne at the Tory Party conference.</description>  
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      <title>New fees for tribunals from 2013</title>  
      <description>A fee for bringing an employment tribunal will be charged for the first time from April 2013, Chancellor George Osborne announces.</description>  
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      <title>May wants Human Rights Act axed</title>  
      <description>Home Secretary Theresa May calls for the UK's Human Rights Act to be scrapped, saying it causes problems for the Home Office.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:39:24 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>PM vows to create jobs and homes</title>  
      <description>David Cameron claims to be "firing up the engines of growth" with plans to extend the right-to-buy, as the Tory conference gets under way in Manchester.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:19:02 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Weekly bin rounds get £250m boost</title>  
      <description>The government says it will make £250m available to help English councils keep or restore weekly bin collections.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:09:22 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>PM sorry for remarks to women MPs</title>  
      <description>David Cameron says he "deeply regrets" comments he made in the House of Commons to female MPs which have been criticised for being sexist.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:29:52 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Cameron defends economic policy</title>  
      <description>Prime Minister David Cameron has defended the government's policies on economic growth after a prominent Tory figure said too little was being done.</description>  
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      <title>As it happened: Wednesday at conference</title>  
      <description>All the action and analysis from the fourth day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool</description>  
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      <title>As it happened: Miliband speech</title>  
      <description>All the action and analysis from the third day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, where Ed Miliband gave his speech.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:29:29 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <description>All the action and analysis from the second day of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:31:11 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>I'm not anti-business - Miliband</title>  
      <description>Ed Miliband denies that his speech to the Labour party conference - in which he criticised "predatory" firms - was "anti-business".</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:59:23 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Harman: Tory plan to deny votes</title>  
      <description>Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman accuses the Conservatives of changing the way people register to vote to make it harder for her party's supporters.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15105043#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:31:39 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour 'must fight BAE job cuts'</title>  
      <description>Delegates at the Labour conference back a motion urging the party to fight against almost 3,000 planned jobs losses at defence giant BAE Systems.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15106676#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:18:02 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour private care home pledge</title>  
      <description>Labour would ban some companies from running care homes to stop another Southern Cross crisis, shadow health secretary John Healey tells the party's annual conference</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15097409#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:45:39 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour 'let down non-graduates'</title>  
      <description>Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham says Labour did not do enough for young people not going to university.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:58:40 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Rail 'a moral issue', says Adonis</title>  
      <description>Former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis said the government must protect customers from train firms who try to worsen services.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15074298#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:04:13 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lewis denies 'reporter ban' U-turn</title>  
      <description>Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis denies Conservative claims he was forced to do a U-turn over a call for rogue journalists to be "struck off".</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:04:51 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour in tuition fees cap pledge</title>  
      <description>Ed Miliband says Labour would lower the cap on student tuition fees in England to £6,000 if it was in power now, as the party gathers in Liverpool for its conference.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15050334#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:38:08 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Miliband brushes off 'weird' tag</title>  
      <description>Labour leader Ed Miliband says he does not "give a damn" if some voters see him as "weird", insisting that in "serious times" it is "substance" that matters.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15088869#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:26:05 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Cameron 'thinks unions pussycats'</title>  
      <description>David Cameron might regret cutting police numbers when industrial unrest kicks in, union leader Len McCluskey says.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:38:55 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour 'urgent debate' on hacking</title>  
      <description>Labour delegates have voted to debate phone hacking at the party's annual conference in Liverpool this week.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:18:13 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Sun 'must be quizzed on hacking'</title>  
      <description>The editor of The Sun should be asked if the newspaper had any involvement in phone hacking, a Labour MP tells its party conference.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:04:10 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Shadow cabinet elections scrapped</title>  
      <description>Delegates at the Labour conference vote to allow the party's leader - rather than its MPs - to choose its front bench in opposition.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:22:48 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Balls urges VAT cuts for growth</title>  
      <description>Shadow chancellor Ed Balls unveils a five-point plan to kick-start Britain's economy in a speech to the Labour Party conference.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:00:07 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour must back strike - Prentis</title>  
      <description>The leader of the UK's biggest public sector union Dave Prentis says its members will "never forgive" Labour if it fails to back them in their fight over pensions.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15059395#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:19:57 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Miliband urges U-turn on economy</title>  
      <description>Ed Miliband urges the coalition to "change course" on the economy, as Labour's annual conference gets under way in Liverpool.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:19:27 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Axe universities - Miliband guru</title>  
      <description>Closing half of Britain's universities is among the radical ideas being considered by Labour leader Ed Miliband, his adviser Lord Glasman tells a conference fringe meeting.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15068486#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <title>Prescott urges Labour reshuffle</title>  
      <description>Lord Prescott urges Labour leader Ed Miliband to use new rules to change his shadow cabinet.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15056108#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:39:53 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Fukushima 'couldn't happen in UK'</title>  
      <description>Shadow Labour minister Jack Dromey hails UK nuclear power as a "sunrise industry" and dismisses safety fears in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15063596#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:15:19 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour 'should be forces party'</title>  
      <description>Labour should aim to replace the Conservatives as the traditional party of the armed forces, shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy has said.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:02:41 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Labour bids for countryside vote</title>  
      <description>Labour has launched a bid to rebrand itself as the party of the countryside at its annual conference in Liverpool.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:06:42 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>As it happened: Wednesday</title>  
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      <title>As it happened: Tuesday</title>  
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      <title>As it happened: Monday at conference</title>  
      <description>All the action, news and analysis from the Liberal Democrat annual conference in Birmingham.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14969178#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:32:17 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>How Lib Dems view the coalition</title>  
      <description>Are they really 'punching above their weight' in Tory coalition?</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14972597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:20 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Benefit warning to terminally ill</title>  
      <description>Terminally-ill people have begun receiving letters warning them their benefits could be cut in April, even though Parliament has yet to approve the changes.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:42:06 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Huhne vows action on energy bills</title>  
      <description>Energy Secretary Chris Huhne says he is determined to "get tough" with the six biggest energy companies, in his speech to the Lib Dem conference.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14979927#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:41:50 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Clegg promises £50m summer school</title>  
      <description>Summer schools for pupils at risk of "going off the rails" are being promised by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:55:56 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Ashdown attacks Afghan 'failure'</title>  
      <description>Afghanistan is still "riddled with corruption" and the west is to blame for the failure to stabilize the country, Lord Ashdown says.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15001382#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:34:34 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Cable: Economic crisis 'like war'</title>  
      <description>Business Secretary Vince Cable tells the Liberal Democrat conference that the economic challenges facing the UK are the "equivalent of war".</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14967061#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:47:28 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Coalition divorce 'is inevitable'</title>  
      <description>Lib Dem party president Tim Farron attacks Conservative policies on taxation and the riots, and says it is inevitable the coalition "will end in divorce".</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14964893#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:08:44 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lib Dems seek NHS bill changes</title>  
      <description>Lib Dem Baroness Williams says she wants to see further concessions on the controversial NHS bill when it goes through the Lords.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14986596#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:53:13 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Clegg: I'm here to stay as leader</title>  
      <description>Nick Clegg dismisses stories he plans to quit as Lib Dem leader after one parliamentary term as "drivel".</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14963538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:38:11 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Clegg attacks Salmond 'obsession'</title>  
      <description>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launches scathing attack on Alex Salmond for his independence "obsession".</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-14993533#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:06:13 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lib Dems 'can learn from Plaid'</title>  
      <description>The Liberal Democrats should learn from Plaid Cymru's experience as a junior partner in a coalition government, the party's leader in Wales says.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-14998721#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:42:05 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Farron 'not aiming to be leader'</title>  
      <description>Liberal Democrat president Tim Farron insists he has no ambitions to lead the party and would turn down the top job if it was offered.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:40:02 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lib Dem minister's Tory EU fear</title>  
      <description>Lib Dem Scottish Secretary Michael Moore warns against attempts to widen the debate on the eurozone crisis in order to repatriate some UK powers.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14970788#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:55:58 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lib-Lab 'dialogue' being thwarted</title>  
      <description>A senior Lib Dem says his party's hope of a "civilised dialogue" with Labour is being stymied by their "tribal" attitude to coalition politics.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14964888#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:56:53 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lib Dem activists fail in NHS bid</title>  
      <description>Lib Dem activists fail in a bid to force a vote on controversial NHS changes at their autumn conference.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14960359#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:49:32 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Prescott - Lib Dem role model?</title>  
      <description>Has the former deputy PM got lessons for the Lib Dems?</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14992065#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:31:51 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Gay blood ban change 'not enough'</title>  
      <description>Liberal Democrats urge the government to go further in removing the ban on gay men donating blood.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14986590#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:25:50 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Gay marriage 'will be legalised'</title>  
      <description>The government indicates it is committed to changing the law to allow same-sex marriage by 2015.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14960357#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 16:02:38 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Gove applauds growth in academies</title>  
      <description>There are now 1.2 million pupils in academies, says Michael Gove. But teachers are to ballot for strike action.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15170444#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:49:26 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Euro entry 'off horizon' - Clegg</title>  
      <description>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says Britain is unlikely to become part of the eurozone during his "political lifetime".</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14984235#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:14:07 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Lib Dems 'most proud of tax move'</title>  
      <description>Lib Dems tell us which policies they are most proud of</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14985702#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:45:19 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: David Cameron speech in full</title>  
      <description>David Cameron has called on the British people to take the lead, work together and fight their way back to prosperity in his 53-minute speech which closed the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15190544#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:13:20 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Ed Miliband's conference speech in full</title>  
      <description>The full version of Ed Miliband's 2011 Labour Party conference speech.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15082652#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:41:25 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Nick Clegg's conference speech in full</title>  
      <description>Nick Clegg's full speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham where he repeatedly used the "not easy but right" phrase.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15010164#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:03:36 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Kings and queens of political comedy?</title>  
      <description>The party conferences season showed why some MPs really should not give up the day job if they think they could make it as a comic.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15201279#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:52:21 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Portillo reviews Conservative year</title>  
      <description>Former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo reviews the last year for David Cameron going back over global economic problems, riots on the streets of English cities and military action in Libya.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15187221#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:54:47 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Political week in 60 seconds</title>  
      <description>The political week up to 30 September is reviewed in 60 seconds by Jo Coburn who goes back over the headlines on the Daily Politics, including the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15125926#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:35:08 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Scarfe: Lib Dems conference</title>  
      <description>Breakfast's Ben Wright looks at the impact of past year on the Lib Dems - with help from Gerald Scarfe</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:28:24 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: 12 months in the life of PM Cameron</title>  
      <description>Ahead of the Conservative leader's speech at the party conference, the Daily Politics looks back over the highlights and lowlights for David Cameron from the last 12 months.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15114649#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:34:19 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Political week in 60 seconds</title>  
      <description>The political week up to 23 September is reviewed in 60 seconds by Jo Coburn who goes back over the headlines on the Daily Politics.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15036126#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:20:36 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Andrew Rawnsley reviews Labour's week</title>  
      <description>The Observer's Andrew Rawnsley headed to the seaside to review the political week dominated by the Labour Party conference at Liverpool.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:21:53 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Independence drive 'starts today'</title>  
      <description>SNP unveils "unprecedented" campaign to win referendum</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-15419108#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:32:34 GMT</pubDate>  
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