And Labour's ruling National Executive Committee backed the party's general secretary's refusal to send out leadership nomination papers to all Labour MPs ahead of next week's conference.

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When Congress gets back to town next week, you need to send them a message -- go ahead and give middle-class families and small businesses the confidence of knowing that their taxes -- your taxes -- will not go up next year.

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Davies eventually put his team ahead on the brink of half-time as he connected with Chris Burke's corner to send a header past Howard.

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