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      <title>‘Help is at hand’ campaign brings services together to enable residents to access cost of living support they’re entitled to</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>30 ‘welcoming spaces’ open in the city to support residents this winter</title>
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      <title>Over £2 million of public money saved from fraudsters</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s fraud team has prevented £2 million of public money falling into the hands of fraudsters over the last year.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Seven more local authorities join the fight against fraud in Staffordshire</title>
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      <description>Seven more local authorities have joined the Staffordshire Counter Fraud Partnership, with the aim of keeping public money out of the hands of fraudsters.</description>
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