Local councils to be given all business rates proceeds by 2020
October 7, 2015
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Local councils to be given all business rates proceeds by 2020

The batch of new powers will also allow the government to scrap the Uniform Business…

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Regional daily reporter ‘spat at’ outside Tory conference
October 7, 2015
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Regional daily reporter ‘spat at’ outside Tory conference

About 7,000 people attended the rally organised by the Communication Workers Union in Manchester Cathedral,…

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Boris Johnson pelted with balls by disabled protesters at Tory conference
October 5, 2015
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Boris Johnson pelted with balls by disabled protesters at Tory conference

Tens of thousands of anti-austerity protesters marched through the U.K.’s northern city of Manchester on…

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Jeremy Hunt mobbed by protesters at Conservative conference in Manchester
October 5, 2015
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Jeremy Hunt mobbed by protesters at Conservative conference in Manchester

Conservative delegates were egged and spat at by protesters during an anti-austerity march in Manchester.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visits Scotland ‘to win back support’
October 5, 2015
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visits Scotland ‘to win back support’

One of the many unanswered questions hanging over the police’s undercover operations has recently become…

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Jeremy Corbyn: Europe facing ‘humanitarian crisis’
October 4, 2015
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Jeremy Corbyn: Europe facing ‘humanitarian crisis’

Making his inaugural speech as party leader at the Labour conference in Brighton today (29…

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Manchester medic introduces Corbyn at Labour Conference
October 1, 2015
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Manchester medic introduces Corbyn at Labour Conference

Labour’s new leader Jeremy Corbyn is to make his first official visit to Scotland where…

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ARGUS COMMENT: ‘No spin’ is the new spin for Corbyn
October 1, 2015
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ARGUS COMMENT: ‘No spin’ is the new spin for Corbyn

“Wow. I was absolutely blown away”, said Elaine Tiffin, a former nurse from Brighton who…

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Labour’s Robin Hood Chancellor promises to properly tax rich firms
September 30, 2015
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Labour’s Robin Hood Chancellor promises to properly tax rich firms

In his keynote speech to the Labour annual conference in Brighton, Mr McDonnell said he…

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Labour’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ says no to austerity
September 30, 2015
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Labour’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ says no to austerity

The new left-wing leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party will promise in a speech on…

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