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		<title>RICHARD COATES IS NEW CPON CHAIRMAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Coates has been elected the new Chairman of CPON. He takes over from Richard Ashton, who stepped down from the role last week after five years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=618&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RICHARD ASHTON STEPS DOWN AS CPON CHAIRMAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON has announced that it’s Chairman, Richard Ashton, is stepping down after five successful years in the role. Richard, who became Chairman in August 2005, is leaving his political assistant’s role at Tameside at the end of June, and believes the time is now right to hand over the reins at CPON.

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		<title>YORK MEETING SETS OUT FUTURE DIRECTION FOR CPON</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON today held a meeting in York to set out its future direction. The network has enjoyed a rapid rise in local government over the last decade, and is now looking to consolidate its position whilst building on the success it has enjoyed in recent years.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=610&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CPON AT THE 2010 CCA CONFERENCE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON were once again present at the CCA Conference, which was this year held at the Hotel Russell, London, and closed yesterday.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=615&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CPON ENDORSES THE 2010 CCA LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON is endorsing next year's CCA Local Government Conference. The event will be held on Friday 5th - Saturday 6th March 2010 at Hotel Russell, London.
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		<title>ADAM AFRIYIE SPEAKS AT CPON&#8217;S 2009 AGM</title>
		<link>http://cpon.info/2009/11/30/adam-afriyie-speaks-at-cpons-2009-agm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colin Rayner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Afriyie, the Shadow Minister for Science &#38; Innovation, was CPON's main guest speaker at this year's AGM.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=549&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CPON EVENT MAKES TOTAL POLITICS&#8217; TOP 50 GREATEST EVER CONFERENCE MOMENTS</title>
		<link>http://cpon.info/2009/10/12/cpon-event-makes-total-politics-top-50-conference-moments/</link>
		<comments>http://cpon.info/2009/10/12/cpon-event-makes-total-politics-top-50-conference-moments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON's 2006 Conservative Party Conference fringe event has made Total Politics' Top 50 Conference Moments. The event was the talking point of the 2006 Conference, when Boris Johnson's criticism of Jamie Oliver's school dinners campaign sparked a media frenzy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=544&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MIDNIGHT DRINKS RECEPTION CLOSES SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE</title>
		<link>http://cpon.info/2009/10/09/midnight-drinks-reception-closes-successful-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://cpon.info/2009/10/09/midnight-drinks-reception-closes-successful-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cpon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A midnight drinks reception brought CPON's activities at the 2009 Conservative Party Conference to a close.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=524&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JOINT CPON/CCA CONFERENCE EVENT IS A SUCCESS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON's joint fringe event with the CCA proved a success, at this week's Conservative Party Conference.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cpon.info&amp;blog=5798082&amp;post=517&amp;subd=cpon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CPON&#8217;S MIDNIGHT DRINKS RECEPTION</title>
		<link>http://cpon.info/2009/09/29/cpons-midnight-drinks-reception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CPON is hosting a midnight, drinks reception at the Conservative Party Conference. The invitation-only reception is being held at Bar 38, Peter Street, from 11.30pm on Wednesday 7th October.
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