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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-08T06:44:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Charlotte Kelly, who represents Leek Rural on Staffordshire County Council, was elected as a Reform councillor in May last year but has now announced her defection to the Conservative Party",
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