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Northampton Borough Council has ended rate relief to Working Men's Clubs, meaning they now have to find an average of 拢300 extra per month. Some clubs have cut opening hours and may have to close.

Reporter Elinor Cross meets the President of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union for our region, Barry Slazburg, at the Kingsley Park Terrace Working Men's Club. Stuart talks to Paul Ockenfor from Queen's Park Working Men's Club and to Councillor David Mackintosh, the Leader of Northampton Borough Council.

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* the Northampton Baby caf茅 in Wellington Street, Northampton, has closed because of a lack of funds

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* Liberal Democrat MEP Bill Newton-Dunn is visiting Washington and New York as part of a fact-finding mission on organised crime

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