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                           <title><![CDATA[COUNCIL DECISION TO SCRAP HIGH QUALITY JOBS PROGRAMME COULD LEAD TO A ‘LOST GENERATION’ WARNS CITY COUNCILLOR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Newcastle Council&rsquo;s decision to scrap a high quality jobs and training programme for 400 unemployed city youngsters could lead to a &lsquo;lost generation&rsquo;, a City Labour Councillor warned this week. The Future Jobs Fund is currently being administered by Newcastle Council and has to date created temporary jobs for 179 young people aged between 18 to 24. In June, the Council announced it was scrapping the scheme as part of a Government led spending cuts programme. The scheme is due to finish on 30th March 2011 with no indication that it is to be replaced. Councillor Stephen Lambert said: &ldquo;The...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:00:29</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[CITY COULD SEE BIG CUT IN POLICE NUMBERS WARNS LABOUR COUNCILLOR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The City could see a big cut in &lsquo;bobbies on the beat&rsquo; if the Government goes ahead with public expenditure cuts a leading Newcastle Labour Councillor warned this week. The warning comes from Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s spokesman on Community Safety on the City Council, who this week has tabled a written question to Councillor Anita Lower, the Council&rsquo;s Executive Spokesperson for Public Protection about the matter. Councillor Lambert believes that scores of police beat officers and community support officers are under threat from predicted cuts in public services and that crime could start to rise again in some parts of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:58:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[GOVERNMENT ACTION ON CITY ‘PROBLEM FAMILIES’ WORKING SAYS COUNCILLOR]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[A City Labour Councillor this week praised the Government and agencies for its work in tackling &lsquo;problem families&rsquo; living in &lsquo;challenging circumstances&rsquo;. According to information obtained from City Councillor Stephen Lambert the Government&rsquo;s Family Intervention Programme is proving successful in giving &lsquo;intensive, hard-edged support&rsquo; to 29 families across the City with a marked reduction in anti-social behaviour. Councillor Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s spokesman on Community Safety said: &ldquo;For years some neighbourhoods in the city have been plagued by a small minority of families from hell who make their lives a misery with noise and anti social behaviour. Tough Government action in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:11:55</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[BIG FALL IN CITY CRIME RATE DESPITE RECESSION FIGURES SHOW]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Crime has fallen sharply across the City according to figures obtained by City Councillor Stephen Lambert. Overall crime, measured by official figures, is down by 6% in Newcastle from 2008/9 to 2009/10. Figures for house burglaries are down by 13% and thefts from cars have shown a steep fall of 29%. Councillor Stephen Lambert, Labour&rsquo;s Community Safety Spokesman on the Council, this week welcomed the fall in crime across the city and attributed it to the increase in police on the beat. He said: &ldquo;Crime has fallen in the City. Crime levels are now 30% lower than they were five...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:08:21</pubDate>
                           
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