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'We are looking for a real wage that people can live off': Tusc set out their stall
The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (Tusc), formed by Bob Crow and others in 2009, will have seven candidates to campaign against cuts. David Maples, Tusc agent, said: “Local authorities [should be able] to use their powers to check on private
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Busy on the gnome front: unorthodox campaigning method for Green candidate
Kingston Green party candidate Si Jakeman has hit upon a novel and environmentally friendly idea to get his message out – by placing green gnomes across his prospective North Chessington and Hook ward. Mr Jakeman, a firefighter at Surbiton fire
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'You're not doing anything': UKIP counting on voters' disillusionment with councillors
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is this election’s unknown quantity. It is counting on what it sees as voters’ disaffection with Liberal Democrat rule, and Tories’ opposition to it, to swing results its way. And though chairman Vic Bellamy
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A new red dawn? Labour eyes Norbiton and Grove for return to Guildhall
Labour has pledged to end “12 years of Liberal Democrat misrule” at next week’s local elections, and is targeting at least six of the party’s seats in a bid to oust them from power. After four years in the political wilderness, the party is hoping
