It is a sorry end for a French icon that dates from 1932 and was a pioneer of labour-saving domestic appliances.

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Opposition Labour councillors claim a budget saving measure tabled by the Conservative-SNP administration would lessen support for pupils.

BBC: Classroom

If he does so, without any compensating benefits for the victims (who, in the end, are pensioners, normally a key Labour constituency), it will be seen as an opportunistic, short-termist raid that undermines Labour's claims to want more investment and saving.

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Counter to Tory policy nationally, Wiltshire councillors agreed to abolish four district councils and merge into one unitary authority - saving a fortune in bureaucracy but cutting a deal with the then Labour government that none of its central funding would be reduced.

BBC: North/South spending divide in social care

Labour MP Ann Keen said the proposed changes to maternity services would put at risk vital life-saving changes backed by clinicians and midwives.

BBC: David Cameron