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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR RENEW CALL FOR SWINNEY TO PUBLISH BUDGET]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour&rsquo;s Andy Kerr has renewed his demand for the Scottish Government to publish its budget. He made his call during today&rsquo;s debate on the Independent Budget Report.   Mr Kerr also accused the SNP and the Tory-Liberal Democrat...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:59:51 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[MOD ATTEMPTING TO CANCEL ENTIRE AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROJECT]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Speaking following evidence to the Defence Select Committee in the House of Commons from Ian King of BAE Systems to the effect that the Ministry of Defence has asked for prices for cancelling the entire aircraft carrier programme, as well...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:50:22 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SNP HOMECOMING CLAIMS ‘MORE BOGUS THAN BRIGADOON’]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour&rsquo;s Lewis Macdonald has accused SNP ministers of misleading the public about the Homecoming celebrations after a new report found the event had cost &pound;3 million more, but generated substantially fewer jobs than ministers had claimed.   Shadow Tourism...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 09:48:16 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR CHALLENGE MOORE TO SHOW COURAGE TO STAND UP FOR SCOTTISH RAF BASES ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour&rsquo;s David Stewart has challenged the Scottish Secretary to have the courage to stand up for Scotland and protect Scotland&rsquo;s RAF bases that are threatened with closure as part of the Strategic Defence Review.     The...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 12:23:54 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SNP FAIL TO BRING FORWARD LITERACY ACTION PLAN]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour today told the Education Secretary Mike Russell to get on with delivering the Literacy Action Plan he promised eight months ago. Labour&rsquo;s Literacy Commission reported in January this year and the Education Secretary promised Parliament during the debate...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:59:41 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[ADMISSION SHOWS PORTS POLICE CUT IS "DANGEROUSLY IRRESPONSIBLE COST-CUTTING MEASURE"]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dumfries and Galloway MP Russell Brown has said the admission that the decision by the coalition government to pull UK Border Agency police officers out of Stranraer port was to reduce costs &ldquo;blows out of the water the pretence that...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:12:00 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SNP VOTE WITH TORIES TO GERRYMANDER FACE OF SCOTTISH POLITICS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour today launched a stinging attack on the 6 SNP MPs after they last night voted with the Tories and Lib Dems on a Labour move to kill off the Bill to gerrymander Scottish constituencies and hold an AV referendum...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:07:43 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[EMBARRASSMENT FOR TORIES AS SPLIT ON COUNCIL TAX FREEZE EXPOSED ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[News that one of the Scottish Tories most senior local government figures has today publicly called for the scrapping of the council tax freeze in Scotland has exposed the divisions within the Tories on the issue and looks set to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 11:15:07 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[SNP FAIL TO MAKE IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour has warned that the SNP government is not making big enough strides towards the 2020 climate change target to cut emissions by 42 per cent.   Figures today show that while the overall Greenhouse Gas Emissions in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:18:40 Europe/London</pubDate>
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                           <title><![CDATA[ SNP ADMIT FAILURE TO DELIVER ON WIND AND HYDRO POWER]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Scottish Labour has criticised the SNP's 'record of failure' on renewable energy development after Energy Minister Jim Mather today admitted that the government has failed to achieve its target of 9 months for determining applications.   In answers to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:14:39 Europe/London</pubDate>
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