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  “WE have been abandoned.” That is the verdict of a Southampton mum, who says that her profoundly disabled daughter will be “punished” by controversial cuts affecting the most vulnerable people in the city.
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  IT was a gesture that would have melted any parent’s heart, a wide-eyed little boy offering to donate a few pounds from the tooth fairy to rescue his beloved after-school club.
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           <title>REPRIEVE: Savage cuts and hikes in fees for vital care put on hold</title>
           
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  SAVAGE funding cuts and hikes in day care costs for thousands of Southampton’s most vulnerable residents have been temporarily put on ice amid huge concerns about the drastic impact they would have.
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  A SOUTHAMPTON mum has devoted her life to caring for her twin boys, who have severe learning difficulties and disabilities, but is worried about the impact of council cuts on her and family.
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  THEY are some of the most vulnerable residents of Southampton whose families have chosen to devote their lives to care for them.
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  “THE fight is just beginning.” That is the message from rebel councillors taking a stand against savage cuts imposed in Southampton.
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           <title>Worst cuts ever voted through by council</title>
           
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  Betrayed - that was the reaction from the people at the heart of the worst ever cuts in Southampton's history - the public.
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           <title>Southampton council budget meeting - live updates</title>
           
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  Live updates as Southampton City Council meets to decide its budget - with hundreds of jobs in the balance.
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           <title>Protests outside Civic Centre ahead of crucial budget vote</title>
           
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  Protestors gathered outside Southampton Civic Centre today as council chiefs prepared to vote on some of the worst public service cuts in the city's history.
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           <title>Labour's budget for Southampton</title>
           
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  How Labour have broken down their budget for Southampton
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           <title>Lib Dem Bidget proposals for Southampton</title>
           
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  What the Liberal Democrat group proposes as an alternative budget for Southampton City Council.
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           <title>Labour Rebels' budget proposals for Southampton</title>
           
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  What a group of Labour Rebels' propose as an alternative budget for Southampton City Council.
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           <title>Library battlers fight for long-term pledge</title>
           
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  CAMPAIGNERS battling to save threatened libraries in Southampton have handed over two 500-name petitions to city leaders.
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           <title>Here's how Southampton City Council plans to spend its £5.8m windfall</title>
           
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  Southampton City Council, which is facing £20 million worth of cuts, has received a £5.8m windfall. Here's how they plan to spend it.
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           <title>£100k boost for libraries following cuts</title>
           
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  SOUTHAMPTON'S libraries have been given a reprieve by civic chiefs dishing money back out into the city sparing them from the axe.
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           <title>Lifeline to thousands of HIV sufferers facing the axe</title>
           
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  A lifeline service to thousands of HIV sufferers across Southampton is facing the axe, the Daily Echo can reveal today.
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           <title>Housing bosses agree council homes plan</title>
           
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  WINCHESTER housing chiefs have approved the city council’s first application to build new homes in more than 25 years.
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           <title>Art sell off 'would be impossible' says councillor</title>
           
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  A CAMPAIGNER-turned-councillor who fought controversial plans to sell some of Southampton’s £190m art collection has insisted she believes it is still impossible for the council to flog any of its masterpieces.
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           <title>Lifeline for child carers faces the axe</title>
           
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  THEY are the charities and organisations providing a lifeline to the most needy and vulnerable children in Southampton.
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           <title>Council budget cuts: we reveal the facts</title>
           
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  The Daily Echo investigates the numbers behind the bitter war of words between Southampton's ruling Labour group, their Conservative predecessors and the trade unions.
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           <title>Leader’s budget silence to pensioners forum ‘made mockery of meeting’</title>
           
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  AS leader of Southampton’s City Council he has to answer tough questions about his decisions.
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           <title>Unions drawing up action campaign</title>
           
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  UNION members yesterday prepared the way for industrial action over council budget cuts in Southampton that could see up to 327 staff lose their jobs.
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           <title>Pensioners face £300 bill due to council cuts</title>
           
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  PENSIONERS could have to pay up to £300 more under Labour plans to slash the Southampton council’s budget by nearly £20m next year, the Daily Echo can reveal.
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           <title>Bid to fight off austerity cuts hurt by 'squabbling'</title>
           
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  A bid to form a united front among Southampton politicians against the Government’s austerity drive on council finances collapsed last night amid party political squabbling.
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           <title>Fears of return to rubbish mountains</title>
           
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  STREETS and parks littered with rubbish, pensioners struggling to pay their bills, and a rise in youth crime and vandalism.
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           <title>HORRENDOUS - fall out from worst cuts EVER</title>
           
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  Southampton is today reeling from the worst cuts in its history.
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           <title>£20m saved in council budget - but 300 jobs go to pay for it</title>
           
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  THREE hundred jobs will be axed and services slashed in Southampton’s deepest ever council budget cuts.
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           <title>Redundancy pay offs to cost cash strapped council £4m</title>
           
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  About £4m has been set aside for redundancy pay-offs.
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           <title>List of where the axe will fall in council cuts</title>
           
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  Labour's budget plans at a glance.
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           <title>Who is to blame for £20m cuts?</title>
           
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  A ROW blew up last night between unions, Labour and the Conservatives over who is to blame for the council’s financial mess.
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           <title>Council to sell off mayor's TR1 number plate</title>
           
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  THE dire state of the council’s finances will see the city’s mayor stripped of the trappings of office in a bid to raise hundreds of thousands.
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           <title>300 city council jobs cut confirmed</title>
           
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  UP to 300 jobs will be slashed at Southampton City Council in the authority's worst ever financial crisis.
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           <title>Hundreds of council staff face jobs axe</title>
           
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  Today is D-Day for hundreds of council workers in Southampton facing job cuts
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  LABOUR is today accused of “betraying” council workers in Southampton as it unveils sweeping council cuts to jobs and services to tackle the city’s worst ever cash crisis.
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           <title>Cut backs are result of perfect storm - city finance boss</title>
           
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  COUNCILS across the country are facing an unprecedented squeeze on their budgets as part of the Government’s austerity drive to cut the national deficit.
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