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1. 1. 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.

2. 2. 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.

3. 3. 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.

4. 4. 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'.

5. 5. 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.

6. 6. 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.

7. 7. 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.

8. 8. 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.

9. 9. 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'.

10. 10. Gordon Brown hails new era at G20 summit

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 September 2009 Gordon Brown hailed a new era of economic co-operation today as the G20 summit reached its climax.

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