article_snippet.sent: Among the seats dropped from the list of hopefuls is Folkestone and Hythe, where candidate Janice Atkinson was replaced after allegations of fraudulent expenses claims.
article_snippet.sent: The target list includes South Thanet, where Mr Farage is standing, along with Clacton and Rochester and Strood, where Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless won by-elections after defecting from the Tories.
article_snippet.sent: Another focus is Heywood and Middleton, in Greater Manchester, where it narrowly lost a by-election to Labour last October.
article_snippet.sent: Clacton, where Tory defector Douglas Carswell (left) is standing for Ukip, is one of the few seats Ukip still thinks Tory defector Douglas Carswell (left) can win .
highlights_snippet.sent: Among the seats dropped from the list of hopefuls is Folkestone and Hythe .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ukip candidate Janice Atkinson was replaced after expenses scandal .