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		<title>Amess calls for inquiry into supermarket dominance</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/09/amess-calls-for-inquiry-into-supermarket-dominance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Amess MP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Businesses]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman
Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has called on the Government to investigate the dominance of supermarket chains and their effect on small businesses.
Mr Amess, who is chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group, said:
“The Government should judge if it&#8217;s having an adverse effect, and if they agree there should be some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: the future of the pier is privatisation</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/08/comment-the-future-of-the-pier-is-privatisation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Regeneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privatisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southend Borough Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southend Pier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[James Harrod, editor of Longpier.com argues that it&#8217;s now time to sell off the area&#8217;s biggest asset to a private company.
I don&#8217;t write many opinion pieces but there is one subject that really upsets me.  The future of our famous &#8220;pleasure&#8221; pier; the longest in the world.  Of course my website was named after this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Councilbust teams up with Longpier</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/08/councilbust-teams-up-with-longpier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[CouncilBust Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here at Councilbust.com, we are delighted to welcome James Harrod, editor of Longpier.com, to our the team of contributors.
Longpier.com provides Southenders with news and sports for Southend, complete with video and audio coverage.
As part of this working partnership, you can also read exclusive political analysis from Councilbust.com editor Rachel Charman at Longpier.com.
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		<title>Amess challenges Business, Education and Skills Department on business loans</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/05/amess-challenges-business-education-and-skills-department-on-business-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/05/amess-challenges-business-education-and-skills-department-on-business-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Amess MP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department for Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman
Southend West Conservative MP David Amess yesterday challenged the Department for Business, Education and Skills over the availability of loans for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
In a Parliamentary debate, Mr Amess asked Ian Lucas, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Business and Regulatory Reform: “What recent estimate he has made of trends in availability to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southend Borough Council awarded for Autism services</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/05/southend-borough-council-awarded-for-autism-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/05/southend-borough-council-awarded-for-autism-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Mark Flewitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southend Borough Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman 
Southend Borough Council has been rated in the top three English local authorities in improving the lives of people with Austism.
The National Autistic Society awarded Southend two green lights on its Local Authority Progress Table as part of its ‘I Exist’ campaign.
In an effort to build on this success, the Council is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasts with Southend Parliamentary candidates now live</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/04/podcasts-with-southend-parliamentary-candidates-now-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/04/podcasts-with-southend-parliamentary-candidates-now-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[CouncilBust Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian-Ware Lan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Bonavia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Welch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead of the excitement of the general election, Councilbust.com is creating a series of podcasts featuring interviews with the prospective Parliamentary candidates for Southend&#8217;s seats.
This week, Councilbust.com editor Rachel Charman interviews Julian Ware-Lane (Castlepoint, Lab), Kevin Bonavia (Rochford and Southend East, Lab), and Peter Welch (Southend West, Lib Dem) to talk political apathy, youth involvement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southend Borough Council chief executive predicts 300 council job losses</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/03/southend-borough-council-chief-executive-predicts-300-council-job-losses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/03/southend-borough-council-chief-executive-predicts-300-council-job-losses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Spending Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Tinlin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southend Borough Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman
The chief executive of Southend Borough Council Rob Tinlin anticipates that there will be around 300 job cuts at the council in the next five years.
Mr Tinlin told BBC News today that due to public spending cuts, Southend Council’s central government grant will fall by 8% in real terms after 2011.
Mr Tinlin said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duddridge investigates Somalian drug trade</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/03/duddridge-investigates-somalian-drug-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/03/duddridge-investigates-somalian-drug-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Duddridge MP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southend Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southend Tower Blocks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman
Rochford and Southend East Conservative MP James Duddridge yesterday enquired into illegal drugs sold in Southend by people of Somalian origin.
Mr Duddridge yesterday addressed his question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department Alan Johnson.
He wrote: “to ask what assessment he has made of the trends in levels of illegal drugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour candidates mourn Michael Foot</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/03/castlepoint-labour-candidate-mourns-death-of-michael-foot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/03/castlepoint-labour-candidate-mourns-death-of-michael-foot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Ware-Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Foot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman
Labour&#8217;s Prospective Parliamentary Candidates Julian Ware-Lane (Castlepoint) and Kevin Bonavia (Southend East) have commented on the death of Michael Foot.
Mr Foot, the Labour leader who lost the 1983 general election against Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative party, died today aged 96.
Mr Foot’s political career spanned almost five decades. He was a Labour MP from 1945 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southend councillor receives death threat over road redevelopment</title>
		<link>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/02/southend-councillor-receives-death-threat-over-road-redevelopment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.councilbust.com/2010/03/02/southend-councillor-receives-death-threat-over-road-redevelopment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camp Cuckoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Anna Waite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redevelopment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SKIPP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Rachel Charman
Conservative councillor Anna Waite, who is responsible for transport in Southend, has received a threat of violence from an unidentified member of the public.
Cllr Waite received an anonymous letter from a member of the public who opposes to the redevelopment of Cuckoo Corner, challenging her to a ‘duel to the death’.
Cllr Waite told [...]]]></description>
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