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           <title>Tory scrappage plans ‘direct threat to jobs’</title>
           
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  TORY plans to scrap a development organisation tasked with helping the south-east recover from recession would lead to job losses in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, business Secretary Lord Mandelson has claimed.
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           <title>Nightmare showing for Labour across the nation</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown is facing pressure from Labour MPs for a change in direction after a nightmare at the polls which saw the party slump to its worst results for a generation.]]></description>
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           <title>Election results put pressure on PM</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown is facing pressure from Labour MPs for a change in direction after a nightmare at the polls which saw the party slump to its worst results for a generation.]]></description>
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           <title>City turnout results</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[OVERALL turnout in Southampton was 29.7 per cent, slightly down on last year's 30.3 per cent but higher than and the last time the seats were contested in 2004, when it was 28.0 per cent.]]></description>
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           <title>Grim night for Labour in local elections</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[LABOUR was today heading for an electoral bloodbath, as early analysis of local council polls put Conservatives as many as 20 points ahead nationally.]]></description>
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           <title>Fareham remains true blue</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[FAREHAM remained true blue in a night of local election stalemate.]]></description>
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           <title>Tories cling on to power in Winchester</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE Conservatives clung on to power in Winchester in a tight election contest.]]></description>
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           <title>Lib Dems increase grip on Eastleigh</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE Liberal Democrats increased their iron grip on Eastleigh Borough Council by taking another seat from the Conservatives.]]></description>
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           <title>Tories sweep into power in Southampton</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[TORIES last night swept back to overall control in Southampton for the first time in 24 years in a sensational victory that cost the seats of both the Labour and Liberal Democrat leaders.]]></description>
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           <title>Make your vote count - whatever the weather</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[IT is forecast for rain, you are
disillusioned with
politicians and it is
not clear what your
councillors actually
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           <title>Southampton -  Will voters tame  two-headed beast?</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[IT will be the first test for the new "two-headed beast" that is running Southampton City Council.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Labour and Liberal Democrats seized power from the Tories in a sensational coup at February budget meeting.]]></description>
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           <title>Eastleigh - The battle for a Lib Dem stronghold</title>
           
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IT would take an electoral earthquake of seismic proportions for the ruling Liberal Democrats to lose control of Eastleigh.]]></description>
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           <title>Eastleigh - Tree issue could be at the root of fight for votes </title>
           
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           <title>Does Southampton need an elected mayor?</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[AS Southampton voters weigh up their political choices in Thursday's local elections, the chances are whoever they pick will not be able to claim a majority.]]></description>
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           <title>Winchester's burning issues</title>
           
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POLITICS in Winchester stands at a crucial fork in the road. One way points to an era of Conservative domination, the other to stalemate.]]></description>
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           <title>Former Liberal Democrat stands again – as Conservative</title>
           
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           <title>Leader’s hospital pledge to lift Gosport Tories</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[TORY leader David Cameron has offered a lifeline to Gosport's Royal Haslar Hospital.]]></description>
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           <title>The issues in Fareham and Gosport</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[WITH the promise of free rat catchers, the Liberal Democrats are hoping to snare some extra votes and come snapping at the heels of the ruling Conservatives in one Hampshire borough.]]></description>
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           <title>Gosport parties vow to protect Daedalus site</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[CONTROL of Gosport Borough Council is hanging in the balance, as 11 of the ruling Conservatives' 17 seats are up for grabs.]]></description>
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           <title>Lib Dem party president woos students</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[STUDENTS in Southampton have been urged to vote Liberal Democrat to fight Government plans to make them guinea pigs for indentity cards.]]></description>
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           <title>Blears backs Southampton's 20mph scheme</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE local government minister has claimed that "all eyes will be on Southampton" after Labour councillors pledged an extra £50,000 for 20mph zones outside schools.]]></description>
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           <title>Leaflet pay claim backfires</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[A LIBERAL Democrat leaflet attacking how much money a Tory city councillor was paid for his Cabinet job has backfired after party chiefs admitted the sums were wrong.]]></description>
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           <title>Kick out the party politicians</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[MATT Gawthrop writes that all Southampton residents living in non-Tory areas should look out as the Tories will need to put the proposed travellers site on their doorstep (Letters, October 1).]]></description>
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           <title>Deals to be done</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[AFTER the hangovers cleared, party chiefs on Southampton City Council were hitting the phones preparing for possible deals to form the next administration.]]></description>
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           <title>Winners and Losers</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[JUBILANT Tories enjoyed a landslide victory that saw their majority on New Forest District Council rise from five to 30.]]></description>
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           <title>Labour take a battering</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[WINCHESTER's heavyweight parties slugged themselves to a stalemate at the elections.]]></description>
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           <title>But Lib Dems celebrate record night in Eastleigh</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[LIBERAL DEMOCRATS made it another record breaking polling night at Eastleigh's Fleming Park Leisure Centre last night.]]></description>
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           <title>Liberal Democrats lose Southampton</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[THE Liberal Decocrats suffered a bloody night in Southampton last night when they lost control of the city council.]]></description>
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           <title>TEST VALLEY  - Candidates cast their nets</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[IT is blue versus yellow across the Test Valley in this year's local elections since the chase for votes is headed by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[WHEN the voters turn out in Southampton's local elections on Thursday they will probably be in a minority.]]></description>
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           <title>WINCHESTER - Crucial test as Tories chase a new record</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[WINCHESTER Conservatives face a crucial test this week.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[IT would take a political earthquake to prise power  from the grasp of Eastleigh Council's ruling Liberal Democrats.]]></description>
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           <title>NEW FOREST -The issues that matter most to you</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[Conservatives are bidding to keep control of
New Forest District Council but are facing a
stiff challenge from the Liberal Democrats, who
are determined to overturn the Tories five-seat
majority and get back into power after eight
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           <title>Safety first for Tory leader in hunt for votes</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[CONSERVATIVE party leader David Cameron donned a blue safety helmet and peddled his way along a new cycle path in Southampton during an election visit yesterday.]]></description>
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           <title>Voting fraud system failing</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[LOCAL elections in Southampton have been plunged into chaos by the failure of a new anti-fraud system for postal votes.]]></description>
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           <title>Hain gives local campaign a lift</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[LABOUR'S local election campaign in Southampton received a lift with a visit by a Cabinet minister yesterday.]]></description>
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           <title>MEP takes up anti-airport cause</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[GREEN MEP Caroline Lucas has urged Southampton airport bosses to listen the city's residents who oppose extra flights because of noise and climate change.]]></description>
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           <title>Lib Dems launch battle to recapture Forest</title>
           
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           <title>Labour bidding for Polish vote</title>
           
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           <description><![CDATA[LABOUR candidates in Southamp-ton have resorted to targeting the large Polish community in the city for extra votes.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Conservatives promise a public vote on Vegas-style casino]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Party urges the ditching of controversial biofuel plant scheme]]></description>
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