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1. • Small Retailers Call on Chancellor to Address Rate Burden

   • 19/11/2008
   • ACS has called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to take immediate and decisive action to postpone increases in business rates planned for next year.

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2. • Mandelson Urges Workers to Know Their Wage Rights

   • 18/11/2008
   • Business Secretary Peter Mandelson will launch a new campaign today to help boost workers' awareness of the increased national minimum wage, as tough new penalties for employers who underpay their staff were passed by Parliament.

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3. • Smoking Campaigners Call for Tough New Targets on Tobacco Smuggling

   • 18/11/2008
   • Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) have called on the Chancellor to use the Pre-Budget report to set far more ambitious targets for tackling the illegal market in tobacco products in the UK.

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4. • Poll Exposes Britain's Intolerance of Children

   • 17/11/2008
   • There is an unjustified and disturbing intolerance of children in the UK according to a shocking poll commissioned by Barnardo's.

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5. • Post Office Awarded Card Account Contract

   • 14/11/2008
   • The Post Office has been awarded the contract to continue providing the Post Office Card Account (POCA), Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell announced yesterday.

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6. • Dept of Health Launches Fruit & Veg Project in North East

   • 14/11/2008
   • Convenience stores in the North East will be the first in England to pilot an £800,000 scheme to get the country eating more fruit and veg and reduce obesity, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo has announced.

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7. • Tax Avoidance by Supermarkets Must End to Rebalance Tax System

   • 13/11/2008
   • Clamping down on tax avoidance practiced by large companies should form a key part of rebalancing the tax system to make it fairer, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg said at the ACS Heart of the Community seminar held in London yesterday.

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8. • Senior Political Figures Address ACS Heart of the Community Event

   • 12/11/2008
   • In the first event of its kind in the convenience industry, ACS members were joined by Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, Planning Minister Iain Wright and Philip Dunne MP for the inaugural Heart of the Community Seminar today.

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9. • Change4Life:The Healthy Living Revolution Starts Here

   • 11/11/2008
   • We all need to be more active and eat more healthily to halt the rising tide of obesity.

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10. • ACS Welcomes MP's report on Policing of Alcohol Fuelled Crime

    • 10/11/2008
    • ACS, the voice of over 33,000 local shops, has welcomed the report issued by the Home Affairs Select Committee looking at 'Policing in the 21st Century'.

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11. • New Research Shows Local Shops Increasingly Vital for Communities and Choice

    • 10/11/2008
    • A new study highlights the importance of choice and access to local grocery shops.

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12. • Experts Say Framework Convention to Regulate Alcohol Urgently Needed

    • 07/11/2008
    • An international agreement that promotes the global regulation of alcohol, similar to the 2005 framework convention on tobacco control, is urgently needed to tackle alcohol use, claim experts on British Medical Journal's website.

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13. • New Top Judge Calls for Tougher Sentencing

    • 06/11/2008
    • The new Lord Chief Justice has called for tougher sentences to punish criminals and deter crime.

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14. • Welsh Assembly Considers Carrier Bag Levy

    • 05/11/2008
    • The National Assembly's Sustainability Committee is to publish a report calling for a levy on the use of all disposable plastic shopping bags.

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15. • Jacqui Smith Launches Crime and Justice Pioneer Areas

    • 04/11/2008
    • Sixty areas across the country have signed up to become new neighbourhood crime and justice pioneer areas, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced today.

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