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Give the Tories a kicking – but remember elections are just part of the fight

LOCAL elections in Scotland, Wales, London and many English urban centres take place tomorrow.

At Westminster ministers are forcing down public-sector pay and declining to take action to control prices.

At Holyrood the Scottish National Party fiercely condemns the Conservatives for policies driving the increase in poverty, while starving local authorities of funds and seeking to incorporate private-sector commissioning models in promised new institutions like the national care service. 

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