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              <title><![CDATA[Northants County Council worker reveals on BBC Breakfast he keeps two emergency grab bags]]></title>
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                                            <description><![CDATA[The head of emergency planning at Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) revealed on BBC Breakfast that he keeps two grab bags in case of emergency.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Council</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[40,000 sick days predicted for 'overworked' Northamptonshire county council staff]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/40-000-sick-days-predicted-for-overworked-northamptonshire-county-council-staff-1-9062173</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Northamptonshire County Council is predicting it will lose more than 40,000 working days to sickness this year, with each member of staff having an average two weeks off work due to illness.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 6 Sep 2019 14:02:53 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[SEVEN reviews ongoing into how Northamptonshire agencies handled death and serious harm cases]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/people/seven-reviews-ongoing-into-how-northamptonshire-agencies-handled-death-and-serious-harm-cases-1-9060867</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[There are currently seven reviews into how agencies handled deaths or cases of serious harm in Northamptonshire, with health bosses saying they are concerned that the financial problems of the county council are impacting on the authority’s abilities to do its duty.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 5 Sep 2019 15:00:37 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Cash strapped council plans to cut benefits for thousands of Northamptonshire's disabled and elderly residents]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/people/cash-strapped-council-plans-to-cut-benefits-for-thousands-of-northamptonshire-s-disabled-and-elderly-residents-1-9059732</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Northamptonshire&#8217;s disabled adults and elderly people in residential care could have their benefits cut under new proposals by the cash-strapped county council.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 4 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Have your say on how 'west Northamptonshire' should grow over the next 30 years]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/have-your-say-on-how-west-northamptonshire-should-grow-over-the-next-30-years-1-9058324</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Residents can learn more about a new plan to shape the future growth of 'west Northamptonshire' over the next 30 years at a series of exhibitions during September.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 3 Sep 2019 17:15:17 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Inspectors praise ‘outstanding’ home care service provided by Northamptonshire County Council]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/inspectors-praise-outstanding-home-care-service-provided-by-northamptonshire-county-council-1-9052747</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Inspectors have praised an &#8216;outstanding&#8217; county council support service that sees carers look after vulnerable adults in their own homes.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:08:57 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Finances are still off track at Northamptonshire County Council]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/people/finances-are-still-off-track-at-northamptonshire-county-council-1-9051230</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Finances at Northamptonshire county council are still off track with latest forecasts predicting that £8m of the £41m savings needed by the end of the financial year will not be made.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:06:24 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Daventry District Council Leader and Deputy Leader announce resignation]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/daventry-district-council-leader-and-deputy-leader-announce-resignation-1-9042301</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Councillor Chris Millar has announced that he will resign from his role as Leader of Daventry District Council on October 31, along with Deputy Leader Councillor Liz Griffin.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:43:49 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Jeremy Corbyn to call for general election to 'avoid Brexit crisis' in Northamptonshire speech]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-corbyn-to-call-for-general-election-to-avoid-brexit-crisis-in-northamptonshire-speech-1-9039195</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to call for general election to avoid a Brexit 'crisis' in a speech in Northamptonshire today (Monday, August 19).]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:06:02 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Exclusive: More police officers and expanding stop-and-search will help to tackle rising crime, says minister in Northampton]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/exclusive-more-police-officers-and-expanding-stop-and-search-will-help-to-tackle-rising-crime-says-minister-in-northampton-1-9035090</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[More police officers and expanding stop-and-search powers will help to address rising crime, according to the policing minister on a whistle-stop tour of Northamptonshire yesterday (Wednesday, August 14).]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                                  <category>Crime</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:19:54 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Cabinet eager not to use reserves despite big forecast overspend in children’s services]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/cabinet-eager-not-to-use-reserves-despite-big-forecast-overspend-in-children-s-services-1-9033210</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The councillor in charge of balancing the books at the county council has said he will &#8216;strongly resist&#8217; dipping back into its cash reserves this year.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:06:51 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Funding gap more than triples to £35million for 2020/21 for Northamptonshire County Council]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/funding-gap-more-than-triples-to-35million-for-2020-21-for-northamptonshire-county-council-1-9033110</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The expected funding gap for Northamptonshire County Council in 2020/21 has increased by &#163;23.7million in just six months.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 17:52:29 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Unison begins formal dispute with Northamptonshire County Council]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/unison-begins-formal-dispute-with-northamptonshire-county-council-1-9029149</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A union that represents Northamptonshire County Council staff has entered into a formal dispute with the council, claiming the authority is not consulting as it is legally required to do.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                                  <category>Human Interest</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Northamptonshire County Council should consider using properties for children’s homes instead of ‘selling them off’]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/northamptonshire-county-council-should-consider-using-properties-for-children-s-homes-instead-of-selling-them-off-1-9026328</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Northamptonshire County Council should review all the properties it owns to see whether they can be better utilised to offer accommodation for children in care.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 7 Aug 2019 21:10:45 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[£5m of needed savings in failing Northamptonshire children's services department looking unlikely]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/people/5m-of-needed-savings-in-failing-northamptonshire-children-s-services-department-looking-unlikely-1-9026288</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Northamptonshire County Council is predicting it won&#8217;t be able to make more than &#163;5m of budgeted savings from its failing children&#8217;s services department.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Human Interest</category>
                                  <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 7 Aug 2019 18:21:47 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Third chief finance in just over a year for Northamptonshire County Council]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/third-chief-finance-in-just-over-a-year-for-northamptonshire-county-council-1-9022032</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Northamptonshire County Council has appointed a new officer to oversee the council&#8217;s finances, who will be the third person in the position in little over a year.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:35:05 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Some agency social workers ‘not able to do what they say they can’ says children’s services director]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/some-agency-social-workers-not-able-to-do-what-they-say-they-can-says-children-s-services-director-1-9021937</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Some agency staff joining children&#8217;s services in Northamptonshire are not able to do the social care work required of them, according to the officer in charge.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Sun, 4 Aug 2019 11:28:10 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Infamously bankrupt Northamptonshire council gets a mention up north - and not in a good way]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/infamously-bankrupt-northamptonshire-council-gets-a-mention-up-north-and-not-in-a-good-way-1-9021034</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Northamptonshire County Council got a mention in a council chamber in North Yorkshire this week - as an ominous warning for what happens when local authorities go bust.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Council</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Sat, 3 Aug 2019 10:00:29 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Children’s services will take ‘two to three years’ to turn around in Northamptonshire]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/children-s-services-will-take-two-to-three-years-to-turn-around-in-northamptonshire-1-9021270</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Turning around the fortunes of Northamptonshire&#8217;s &#8216;inadequate&#8217; children&#8217;s services is likely to take two to three years.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Fri, 2 Aug 2019 17:23:34 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Councillors complain that staff have been told not to speak to them without manager’s approval]]></title>
              <link>https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/politics/councillors-complain-that-staff-have-been-told-not-to-speak-to-them-without-manager-s-approval-1-9019270</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Councillors have claimed that office staff at Northamptonshire County Council have been told not to speak to them unless it has been approved by a senior manager.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Politics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 1 Aug 2019 13:54:29 +0100</pubDate>
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