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            <title><![CDATA[Reform picks ex-Plymouth leader to run Thurrock]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Richard Bingley returns to his Essex roots after three years as leader of Plymouth City Council.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Letter from America]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[UK elections become more like their US counterparts.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 1979 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More or Less]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Making sense of the difference between men's and women's pay.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Council coalition deal 'heavy-hearted']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Labour and Green parties join forces to take control of Worcester City Council in a "heavy-hearted" coalition deal.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 10:11:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Council 'to be run by coalition']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Walsall Council could to be run by a Labour and Liberal Democrat coalition after the two parties strike a deal following the local election results.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 17:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election 2016: Local council results map]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Local council results in England from 5 May 2016.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 11:27:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defection row councillor refuses to quit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A councillor who defected from the Liberal Democrats to Labour on the night of last week's local elections rejects calls to resign.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2016 13:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Corbyn: Labour 'not yet doing enough']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Labour is "not yet doing enough" to win the 2020 general election, Jeremy Corbyn says as he calls on his MPs to "respect" each other.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 17:24:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA['These people should be called in to see whip']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Labour councillor Sam Tarry on 'preposterous behaviour' of some MPs towards Jeremy Corbyn.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 13:18:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elections 2016: At-a-glance guide]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An at-a-glance guide to the 2016 elections, including results and analysis from around the UK.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2016 08:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Labour wins majority on Bristol council]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Labour wins a majority on Bristol City Council after gaining seven new seats.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 19:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Torbay mayor and cabinet system scrapped]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Voters decide to scrap an elected mayor and cabinet system in Torbay.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 12:05:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Backstage at the BBC election studio]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This week's elections were an extraordinary demonstration of modern democracy in the United Kingdom.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 10:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Conservatives hold council majority]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Conservatives hold on to their majority on Winchester City Council.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 07:22:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bennett 'disappointed' over losses]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Natalie Bennett defends her leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales after it suffers some "disappointing" English council losses.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2016 14:46:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Conservatives hold on to Amber Valley]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Conservatives retain control of Amber Valley Borough Council with a majority of just one seat.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2016 12:34:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Labour holds on to city council majority]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Labour Party holds on to its slim majority on Southampton City Council.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 13:52:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Farage hails UKIP 'breakthroughs']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[UKIP leader Nigel Farage hails "breakthroughs" following gains made by his party during the local elections.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 22:45:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Joe Anderson stays as Liverpool mayor]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Labour's Joe Anderson wins a second term as Liverpool Mayor as his party maintains its dominance across Merseyside.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 14:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paul Dennett named as Salford mayor]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Labour candidate Paul Dennett is elected as the new mayor for Salford after winning 28,332 votes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 14:52:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Labour and Tories hold on to councils]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Conservative Party keeps control of Adur and Worthing councils while Labour holds on to Crawley and Hastings.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 19:10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Labour loses seats but holds councils]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite the loss of some seats, Labour holds on to most of its councils in an election that sees the make-up of England's councils largely unchanged.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 09:58:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SNP celebrate - as Labour 'hang on']]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nicola Sturgeon plays down talk of an independence referendum after the SNP's win - while Jeremy Corbyn says results across Britain show Labour had "hung on".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 15:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Labour's 'hung on', Jeremy Corbyn says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Corbyn says his party had "hung on" and defied predictions of local election losses in England.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2016 16:35:33 GMT</pubDate>
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