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In a victory for transparency campaigners, Andrew Mitchell MP and a cross-party group of MPs – including around 20 Conservatives - forced the UK Government to accept an amendment which imposes Open Registers of ownership in Britain’s overseas territories, principally in the Caribbean by the end of 2020.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has visited the Cadbury’s Chocolate Factory (Mondelez) in Minworth to support its Be treatwise® campaign.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has met with Royal Town student, Claudia Rea, to congratulate her upon being elected to the Youth Parliament for a term of two years.  read more »

The Royal Town’s MP has welcomed the Environment Secretary’s confirmation that the UK will introduce a ban on ivory sales.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has visited Arthur Terry School to talk with A-Level Politics students, taking questions on a diverse range of hard-hitting policy issues both locally and nationally, from the proposed closure of Sutton Coldfield Police Station to intergenerational inequality.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has met with Gordon Cowie MBE in the Royal Town to discuss future plans for Friends of Sick Children in Malawi, a UK charity which aims to develop a sustainable paediatric service in the region.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has chaired a meeting between Sutton Coldfield’s Baptist Church & United Reform Church (both of which operate Food Banks) and senior figures at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has held his annual meeting with Sutton Coldfield’s Clergy and Faith Leaders, hosted this year by the Sutton Coldfield Muslim Association.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has launched his annual (2018) report back to his constituents which is being distributed throughout the Royal Town this week.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP hails promising developments for the revitilisation of Sutton Cottage Hospital after meeting with the new Birmingham Community Healthcare Chief Executive.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell has delivered his annual Lenten Lecture at the Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church to an audience drawn from across the Royal Town. This year’s Lecture was chaired by Reverend David Walton from the Sutton Coldfield United Reform Church.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has visited Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church during one of their daily food bank services to thank the hardworking volunteers.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has met again with the Langley Sutton Coldfield Consortium about their proposals for 6,000 homes to be built in Langley.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has met with Royal Town student, Saoirse Martin-Canning, to congratulate her upon being elected to the Youth Parliament for a term of two years.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has met the Executive Director of Allies Network, a West Midlands based community support organisation established in 2008 which provides culturally sensitive support for those at risk - or have been a victim – of female genital mutilation (FGM).  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has received the Royal Town’s Mayor, Councillor David Pears, for the annual Sutton Coldfield Mayoral visit to the Palace of Westminster.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has, alongside five other Conservative West Midlands MPs, written to the Police and Crime Commissioner, raising “grave concern” at the proposals to close down Police Stations across the West Midlands - Sutton Coldfield’s own Police Station is being threatened with closure.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP is spearheading a cross-party campaign to toughen up the sanctions regime against dictators and human rights abusers from around the world. The cross-party campaign comes after the former Prime Minister, David Cameron, admitted that he regretted not introducing the “Magnitsky Act”.  read more »

The Royal Town’s MP, along with Cllr. Margaret Waddington MBE, has visited Holland House School’s Year 2 class to learn more about their ‘OutRight’ Campaign in collaboration with the charity UNICEF which aims raise awareness of children’s rights as set out by the UN Convention on the Rights of Children and the wider rights of refugee children.  read more »

The motions to be debated in the first round of the annual Royal Sutton Coldfield Schools’ Parliamentary Debating Competition have been revealed today.  read more »