THE Home Secretary has praised West Midlands Police for “innovative” plans to collaborate with private businesses in a £1.5 billion deal.

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AN MP battling for the chance to run Coventry City Council has been ordered by Labour bosses to quit the House of Commons if he stands for election as the city’s first directly-elected mayor.

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LABOUR leader Ed Miliband will promise to find a job for every young person who is unemployed for a year or more, in a major speech in Coventry today.

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MINISTERS have singled out a Coventry school for praise after it succeeded in dramatically improving GCSE results.

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BRITAIN should not rule out military action against Iran as Europe and the US attempt to prevent the Middle Eastern state building nuclear weapons, two Coventry MPs have warned.

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CUTS could see the closure of Coventry police stations with officers instead based in city centre shops.

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EDUCATION secretary Michael Gove is set to make a decision on Coventry’s plans to rebuild its secondary schools more than 18 months after launching a review, ministers have pledged.

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GP surgeries must be stopped from using expensive 084 or 085 numbers which push up patient phone bills, a Coventry MP has said.

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MINISTERS will ask Coventry whether it wants a directly-elected mayor or not without revealing what powers a mayor will receive, the government has admitted.

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