Northern Ireland

Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Vernon Coaker is Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland having been appointed to the shadow cabinet by Ed Miliband on 7th October 2011. You can keep up to date with news from Vernon in Northern Ireland by following his twitter account @VernonCoakerNI.

Northern Ireland News

East Belfast with Naomi Long MP

February 17, 2012. The Shadow Secretary of State, Vernon Coaker, visited East Belfast with Alliance's Naomi Long MP. Great to see such a wide range of...
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Queen's University Visit

February 17, 2012. Vernon visited Queen's University yesterday and met with Pro Vice-Chancellor Tony Gallagher. The Shadow Secretary of State described the University as a "fantastic...
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Shadow Secretary of State Meets The Lord Mayor of Belfast

February 17, 2012. The Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile hosted the Shadow Secretary of State at City Hall yesterday. Exciting times ahead for Belfast!...
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Age Sector Platform Visit

February 16, 2012. The Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Vernon Coaker, was in Northern Ireland today. He met & had good discussion on older people's issues...
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10,000 children in Northern Ireland affected by unfair tax credit changes

February 13, 2012. Over 10,000 children in Northern Ireland will be affected by unfair changes to tax credit, with almost 5,000 of the lowest-income households losing up to...
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Boris's attack on the Irish is out of touch

February 10, 2012. The following letter was today published in The Guardian, and is co-signed by the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Vernon Coaker: "Over the...
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East End Residents Association

February 4, 2012. Vernon met some lovely people at East End Residents Association in Newtownabbey on 3rd February - they even let him join the Knitting Club!...
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Strangford Visit

February 4, 2012. The Shadow Secretary of State was in beautiful Strangford on 2nd February with Jim Shannon MP, DUP MLAs Michelle McIlveen, Simon Hamilton and Ards Mayor...
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Armagh Planetarium

February 4, 2012. The Shadow Secretary of State, Vernon Coaker, was at the fantastic Armagh Planetarium on 2nd February for a tour & meeting with the space industry...
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