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Tories 'set for defeat in Corby' - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Tories 'set for defeat in Corby'
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Retaking the seat by the projected 54% to 32% margin would represent a 13-point swing back to Labour, enough for a significant overall Commons majority if repeated at the general election. But the latest survey of 1,503 voters in the constituency ...
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MPs stand down for police elections - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
MPs stand down for police elections
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Two parliamentary by-elections have been triggered after Labour MPs Alun Michael and Tony Lloyd stood down from the House of Commons to fight for election as police and crime commissioners. The Treasury announced that Mr Michael had been ...
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Don't vote in police polls - Blair - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Don't vote in police polls - Blair
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
The Government has faced criticism for holding the elections in winter and not making enough efforts to publicise the elections and failing to offer candidates a free mail shot with their policies. A media campaign has been launched by the Home Office ...
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George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid - CNSNews.com
George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid
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It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock Republican President Richard M. Nixon from his place as a commanding favorite for re-election. The South Dakota senator tried to make an issue out of the ...
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Monday, Oct. 29, is the last day to register for Nov. 6 presidential election ... - South Everett Beacon
Monday, Oct. 29, is the last day to register for Nov. 6 presidential election ...
South Everett Beacon
The Snohomish County Auditor's Office will remain open until 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, to accommodate last minute voter registrations for new voters. Oct. 29 is the last day new voters in Washington State may register to vote for the upcoming Nov.
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Party founders targeted with 'abusive' calls - Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Party founders targeted with 'abusive' calls
Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Coun Benson and South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Councillor Harold Mills, former South Elmsall councillor Fred Hilton and Mr Sullivan formed the Local and District Party ready to fight during the next district elections in 2014, plus the town elections ...
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Small 2013 Social Security benefit increase likely - CNSNews.com
Small 2013 Social Security benefit increase likely
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The small COLA is unlikely to please a big bloc of voters — 56 million people get benefits — just three weeks before elections for president and Congress. However, it's tied to a government measure of inflation adopted by Congress in the 1970s. It ...
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Area crime comparison tool launched - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Area crime comparison tool launched
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Policing minister Damian Green said: "The elections of police and crime commissioners will give the public a voice over how their neighbourhoods are policed and tools like Compare Your Area will ensure they have detailed information at their fingertips.
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Miliband leads tributes to MP Bell - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Miliband leads tributes to MP Bell
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
He went on to hold the seat through seven general elections. An ardent pro-European, in 2006 he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the French president for his contributions to Anglo-French relations. Labour former Europe minister Chris Bryant paid ...
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MP Bell dies after cancer battle - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
MP Bell dies after cancer battle
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
He went on to hold the seat through seven general elections. While never serving as a minister, Sir Stuart was the party's Northern Ireland spokesman during the 1980s. And later in his career he was handed a powerful role on the Commons Commission ...
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Miliband: I defined battleground - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Miliband: I defined battleground
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
"I think what has happened is that Labour has now defined the battleground of the next election: who can build one nation? And the fact that the Prime Minister was forced to respond to that is a sign that we have defined the terms of debate in this ...
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Greek clampdown for Merkel visit - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Greek clampdown for Merkel visit
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
After months of tough rhetoric, the chancellor may be preparing her own voters for a more tolerant approach toward Greece ahead of federal elections next year, according to Jason Manolopoulos, author of the 2011 book on Europe's financial crisis ...
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US Contributions to UN Up 142% Since 2001 -- $4.5 Billion - CNSNews.com
US Contributions to UN Up 142% Since 2001 -- $4.5 Billion
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The OMB has prepared the report for FY 2011 but will not issue it without a congressional mandate, which was not included in the Continuing Resolution that Congress passed before adjourning until after the November elections, according Schaefer.
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Cooper vow to halt 'private police' - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Cooper vow to halt 'private police'
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
"Labour Police and Crime Commissioners will halt this Tory rush to privatisation of our police," she will say, ahead of elections to the new posts next month. Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for News Alerts. Have your say on the latest news and ...
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Biden condemns Romney tax plan - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Biden condemns Romney tax plan
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Meanwhile, Mr Romney's campaign has sent letters to election officials in Wisconsin, Mississippi and Vermont demanding that the deadline for receiving ballots from military and overseas voters be extended. The letters sent last week and yesterday on ...
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Reardon: 2013 budget marked by restraint, discipline - South Everett Beacon
Reardon: 2013 budget marked by restraint, discipline
South Everett Beacon
“This includes services that provide for veterans and seniors, park operations, community development, elections and all of the basic internal services that keep our county operational.” General fund staffing levels in other departments will remain ...
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Bruce Allen to step down from county council next year - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Bruce Allen to step down from county council next year
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Bruce Allen, 78, who represents Chalfont St Peter on Bucks County Council, says that he will leave his role in May next year during the county council elections. Mr Allen has been on the council for the past 16 years, and has also chaired Chalfont St ...
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New political party set to rival Labour leaders - Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
New political party set to rival Labour leaders
Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Along with South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Councillor Harold Mills, former South Elmsall councillor Fred Hilton and former South Elmsall candidate Martyn Sullivan they have formed the Local and District Party ready for the next district elections in ...
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Netanyahu draws 'red line' for Iran - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Netanyahu draws 'red line' for Iran
Buckinghamshire Advertiser
His administration has urgently sought to hold off Israeli military action, which would probably result in the US being pulled into a conflict and cause region-wide mayhem on the eve of American elections. Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for ...
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