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1. 11. Brown vows action on 'Shameless' culture

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 September 2009 GORDON Brown put a huge crackdown on booze-fuelled yob culture at the heart of his make-or-break speech. The prime minister was announcing plans to force courts to consider slapping anyone convicted of a crime while under the influence of alcohol with a so-called 'drink Asbo'.

2. 12. Hospital car parking charges to be phased out

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 September 2009 HOSPITAL car parking charges for inpatients and their families will be phased out 'within three years' under Labour, Andy Burnham pledged .The health secretary said it was 'not right' that people did not get visitors simply because they could not afford to pay the fees.

3. 13. Minister accuses Tories of 'secret plans' on council rents

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 September 2009 A GOVERNMENT minister has accused the Conservatives of drawing up 'secret plans' to hike rents for people in social housing. John Healey, the housing minister, told the party conference in Brighton he had obtained minutes of a meeting.

4. 14. Gordon Brown addresses Labour conference

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 September 2009 BRITAIN will be presented with its "biggest choice for a generation" at next year's general election, Gordon Brown said in his last conference speech before the poll expected in the spring.

5. 15. Call to give cops power to ID criminals

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 October 2009 POLICE should be given more power to identity criminals to the public, the Conservatives claimed. The Tories said the rights of some lawbreakers were being put above public safety.

6. 16. Darling set sights on bank bonuses

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 September 2009 ALISTAIR Darling was today calling for bankers' bonuses to be curbed as Labour took the fight to the Conservatives. The chancellor was due to tell delegates that he intended to bring forward laws to link top financiers' pay to their performance.

7. 17. Boris: Invest in London to help Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 October 2009 BORIS Johnson risked inflaming a north-south row when he claimed: if you want to boost the Manchester economy, invest in London.  The mayor of London made the comments during a keynote speech on the opening day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester.

8. 18. Mayoral referendum could see Bernstein booted out

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 October 2009 SIR Howard Bernstein could find himself out of a job under Conservative proposals for a powerful elected mayor for Manchester.

9. 19. Churchill's grandson in plea for armed forces help

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 October 2009 WINSTON Churchill's grandson has called on politicans to safeguard funding for the armed forces - in a plea echoing the words of his grandfather 80 years ago.

10. 20. Tory pledge to freeze council tax for pensioners

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 October 2009 THE Tories have promised to freeze council tax for older people if they win the next election.

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