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1. 21. 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.

2. 22. 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. 23. 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.

4. 24. Darling 'confident' of election victory

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 September 2009 ALISTAIR Darling has said he is 'confident' Labour can win the next election. The chancellor was speaking just a day after he was reported as saying his party had 'lost the will to live' in the face of rock-bottom poll ratings.

5. 25. 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.

6. 26. Top Trafford Tory: 'No appetite for elected mayors'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 October 2009 THE former chief of Trafford Council has refused to toe the party line over elected mayors. Susan Williams said there was 'no need' for a directly elected mayor in Manchester, despite the Conservative proposals announced yesterday.

7. 27. Plea for more support for victims of crime

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 October 2009 THE widow of murdered Garry Newlove said victims of crime need more support to get the compensation they deserve. Helen Newlove's husband was kicked to death outside his Warrington home in August 2007. She is now calling for more support for victims of crime to rebuild their lives.

8. 28. Brown's pledge to fight for Britain

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 27 September 2009 GORDON Brown has pledged to 'fight for Britain's future' after being forced to deny rumours about his health.

9. 29. David Ottewell on Brown's biggest speech

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 September 2009 THIRTY minutes to the biggest speech in Gordon Brown's life, and the omens are not good.

10. 30. Mandelson: The fight to win

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 September 2009 PETER Mandelson has claimed Labour can win the next election but is in for 'the fight of its life'.

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