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'It’s going to be a bloodbath': Tories target high-profile Labour seats
Conservatives eye seats in Midlands and northern England in the hope of ousting current and former shadow ministers
Labour sure it can see off Ukip in Stoke byelection despite voter apathy
Party activists take heart from Paul Nuttall’s fading campaign despite expected low turnout
Jeremy Corbyn critics fear ‘revenge reshuffle’ after election boost
The politics sketch
Whip his shadow cabinet? There's nothing Corbyn would like moreJohn Crace
Labour urges strategic defence review to consider cyberwar threat
Shadow defence secretary Vernon Coaker to call for 2015 review to focus more on long-term strategy and 'smart power'
Vernon Coaker to visit yards building Trident's replacement submarines
Shadow defence secretary to show Labour remains committed to new nuclear deterrent with visit to Barrow's Vanguard site
Belfast riots unacceptable, says Labour's Northern Ireland spokesman
Vernon Coaker adds voice to condemnation of Belfast disorder and says government is giving riot-hit region 'highest priority'
Schools should take more bad parents to court, says schools minister
Vernon Coaker urged headteachers to issue court orders compelling parents to improve their children's behaviour
Schools key to IT industry, says Coaker
Education minister Vernon Coaker has told a conference that IT innovation in the UK has to start in schools
Mortarboard blog
Cambridge primary review: why the government rejects itThe full reaction from the schools minister, Vernon Coaker
New schools minister pledges support for academies
Gordon Brown moves Vernon Coaker into schools minister role
Minister Vernon Coaker apologises for misleading MPs over police injuries
Home Office minister says sorry to parliament after Guardian reveals most police injuries from climate protest were from insects or heat