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  "long_title": "This Order makes provision for a Scheme, set out in the Schedule to the Order, for the making, by the Electoral Commission, of grants to political parties (“policy development grants”) to assist the parties with the development of policies for inclusion in their manifestos for parliamentary elections, elections to the European Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly, local government elections and local elections in Northern Ireland.",
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