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                           <title><![CDATA[80 days in - progress so far]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[At the local elections on 6th May Southwark residents decided to vote in a Labour council with a strong seven seat majority to improve opportunities and protect the vulnerable. We...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:21:52</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Southwark Council writes off £25 million of debt]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council has written off &pound;25.2 million since 2006, according to new figures revealed under Freedom of Information. The largest single debt written-off was for &pound;314,000. The news...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:13:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour pledge free school meals]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark Labour will propose free healthy school meals for every primary-school child studying in the borough this week. The policy would benefit up to 15,000 children.   At Southwark...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:35:31</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Val Shawcross stands by Maydew residents]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark Labour's Val Shawcross has spoken out against the Lib Dems plans to sell-off Maydew House, a tower block of council housing in Rotherhithe, after only two weeks consultation...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:51:05</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[An open letter on CCTV]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Cllr John Friary writes an open letter on the decision to cut CCTV coverage. This week Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council decided to strip back CCTV coverage in our borough. This...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:06:52</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems publish plans for “do-nothing” annual budget]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem-run Southwark Council has published its annual spending plans in a budget that Southwark Labour councillors have dubbed &lsquo;do-nothing&rsquo;.   Southwark Labour&rsquo;s resources spokesperson Cllr Richard Livingstone said:...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:19:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour excluded from school admissions decisions]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour member thrown off despite being the most regular attendee since 2006   Southwark&rsquo;s Lib Dem/Tory coalition has thrown the Labour representative off the committee that makes decisions on...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:21:12</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Cost of burials to soar in Southwark]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council plans to hit the bereaved with massive hikes in the price of burying a loved-one. In a decision due to be taken next week (26th January),...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:39:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems hitting voluntary carers with massive parking permit hike]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council, which was assessed as one of the eight worst social care providers in the country just before Christmas, is to put up the price of a...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:33:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems miss out on potential £1 million rent cut on new offices]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark&rsquo;s ruling Lib Dems have confirmed that they aren&rsquo;t able to ask for a rent cut for their swanky new council offices because the lease they agreed for the building...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:01:41</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Spiralling cost of new library at Canada Water swallows up another £634,000]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Canada Water Library, which as already gone over budget by almost &pound;6 million, is to cost a further &pound;634,000 this year alone. The total cost of the building now...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:56:37</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Southwark Council’s performance is second worst in London]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council&rsquo;s overall performance has fallen from &lsquo;good&rsquo; to &lsquo;adequate&rsquo; according to the Audit Commission&rsquo;s annual inspection. Southwark had the joint second worst inspection report in London....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:32:45</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Southwark adult social service quality plummets]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The quality of social care provided by Southwark Council has fallen from &lsquo;excellent&rsquo; to &lsquo;adequate&rsquo; in just a year, according to an inspection report published by Care Quality Commission (CQC)...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:14:33</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lend Lease says investment in Elephant will be “small”]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lend Lease said yesterday (01/12/2009) that its investment in Elephant &amp; Castle would be &ldquo;small&rdquo; under the deal agreed to develop the area with Southwark Council&rsquo;s Lib Dem/Tory Executive last...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:31:12</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour to give £12 million to build new permanent primary classrooms]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Labour government announced today that Southwark will be given over &pound;12 million for new permanent classrooms. This year dozens of parents were left without an offer of a local...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:52:10</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems ‘selling the Elephant short’ with new Lend Lease deal]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark&rsquo;s Lib Dem/Tory coalition is &ldquo;selling Elephant short&rdquo; in its revised deal with developer Lend Lease, according to Southwark Labour&rsquo;s Leader Cllr Peter John.    The new deal...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:27:20</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dem broken promise leaves Southwark country’s sixth worst recycler]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[New government figures show that Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council has the sixth lowest recycling rate in the country. The statistics from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs reveal...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems will sell off council houses to plug ‘staggering’ £700 million budget black hole ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dems break election pledge by agreeing to sell off council homes Executive &pound;700 million short of bringing homes up to promised standard Lib Dems &lsquo;stumped&rsquo; and waiting for government...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:13:13</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dem u-turn on council tax collection “a year too late”]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark Council&rsquo;s Lib Dem administration has decided to take the borough&rsquo;s council tax collection service back in-house just a year after extending its agreement with private contractor Liberata. Southwark Labour...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:53:51</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems push school offers back until after election as shortage unresolved]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem-run Southwark council has pushed back next year&rsquo;s primary school admissions offer date until after the council elections. The decision to send offer letters to parents over two weeks...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:03:18</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dem/Tory decision to hire new housing head shows scrapping the department was a mistake]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark Labour councillor Ian Wingfield today said that the Lib Dem/Tory administration&rsquo;s decision to hire a new Head of Housing Strategy and Options shows that the council should never have...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:47:06</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Third Annual Southwark Labour Borough Conference Another Success]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark Labour Party had their third annual borough conference on Saturday (12/09/2009). The packed day featured policy discussion groups and speeches by Ed Milliband, Harriet Harman, Lambeth leader Steve Reed...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:45:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour in South London commit to 10:10 Campaign]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour councillors across South London are working to fight climate change by backing the 10:10 campaign. The campaign aims for individuals, businesses and organisations to commit themselves to reducing their...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:34:58</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Council offers former Lakanal residents compensation, but only after all debts settled]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Lib Dem/Tory-run Southwark Council are offering the displaced tenants and leaseholders of Lakanal House money &ndash; but with strings attached. While tenants will be offered &pound;4700 for the loss of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:47:38</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dems throw away £20 notes on random rubbish rewards]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Southwark&rsquo;s Lib Dem/Tory coalition are giving away &pound;20 notes at random to residents &lsquo;who use their bin properly&rsquo;. The move follows two tough years of cuts, closures and price hikes...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:31:01</pubDate>
                           
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