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            <title><![CDATA[Greens want rent controls for tenants - Polanski]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Limiting how much landlords can increase rents by is a flagship housing policy for the Green Party.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:02:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trainer invites Green leader after racing ban call]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Green leader Polanski called for the abolition of the entire horse racing industry in 2024.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:46:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens win by-election to replace jailed councillor]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The by-election was called after the Cliftonville division's serving councillor was jailed for coercive behaviour.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:39:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens launch local election campaign with focus on housing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Party leader Zack Polanski accuses Labour of failing to build enough social and affordable homes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:42:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens 'on course for record-breaking elections']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Zack Polanski says the Greens are looking to gain votes from those "disillusioned with the traditional parties".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:19:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Conservatives vow to outlaw council four-day week]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[South Cambridgeshire District Council is the only authority to offer four-day weeks for full pay.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bexley voters mull choice between shades of blue]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bexley in south-east London is a Reform UK target but the Tories are hoping to hold on to control.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:59:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wales Green Party manifesto explained in a minute]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Political Editor Gareth Lewis breaks down promises to freeze rent caps, build 60,000 social homes and improve childcare in 60 seconds.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A closer look at the Green Party's Senedd manifesto]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[BBC specialists look at promises to freeze rent caps, build 60,000 social homes and improve childcare.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:04:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens promise rent controls and £1 bus fares in Welsh election manifesto]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Greens' set of promises for the Senedd election also include free bus travel for under-22s.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday let owner says legislation will 'destroy me']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Paul Martin says his only option is to "dismantle the cottages and render them unhabitable".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[London may become a political patchwork quilt]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Political control of all of London's 32 councils will be contested in the elections on 7 May.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:59:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[All you need to know about local elections in Coventry and Warwickshire]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Coventry faces its most consequential local election in more than two decades.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can Green Party upset election tradition in Hull?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[John Prescott's son, David, is standing for the Greens in Hull's local elections.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:22:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens say they could be 'kingmakers' after Senedd election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Greens launch Senedd election campaign, saying they could help appoint the next first minister.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:59:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Call for City of Culture collapse inquiry blocked]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Conservatives label UK City of Culture a "juggernaut of incompetence" and fear it will roll on unchallenged.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:49:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Joy of teaching overshadowed by pressure and stress, warns head teacher]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[One head says teachers are coming into the job and only lasting a year or two before leaving.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As Starmer faces war overseas, his party can't find peace at home]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[British politicians tend to stick together during dangerous moments abroad. In 2026? Not so much.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I want to hold balance of power at next general election, says Zack Polanski]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Green Party leader says thought of becoming PM is 'on his mind' and the aim of 30-40 MPs now feels "under ambitious".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:20:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greens push for billions to be spent on energy support if bills rise]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Leader Zack Polanksi says ministers should end "uncertainty" over future prices caused by the conflict.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:56:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Labour is finished in Wales, Green leader Zack Polanski says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He says the Greens could win around five to 11 seats in May's Senedd election.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:11:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Polanski stood by breast enlargement hypnosis claim]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A newly unearthed interview from 2013 casts doubt on the Green Party leader's claim to have apologised.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:30:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rent controls and water reform could be price of Senedd deal - Wales Greens' leader]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter says its support would not "come for nothing".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:57:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[MP Spencer given police escort from violent demo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Green Party MP was put into a waiting police car after a demonstration turned violent in Manchester.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:49:03 GMT</pubDate>
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