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Andrew Mitchell MP has attended the Sutton Coldfield Amnesty International Group’s event hosted by the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church on Lichfield Road.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has chaired a meeting between the Sutton Coldfield’s Town Centre business managers and the head of the police, Jane Bailey. Councillor for Roughley, Ewan Mackey, was also in attendance.  read more »

Birmingham Airport was delighted to welcome Andrew Mitchell MP to discuss plans for future growth in the region.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has held his Annual Meeting with Headteachers from the Royal Town’s Secondary Schools.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has taken the West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, on a one day visit around the Royal Town to meet some of Sutton’s outstanding community groups and to hear more about what local people think are the biggest issues affecting their lives.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has welcomed New Oscott Primary School to the Houses of Parliament and spoke to Year Six pupils about what goes on at Westminster before taking part in a quick-fire question and answer session.  read more »

Following an invitation from Sutton Coldfield’s Member of Parliament, students who took part in this year’s Inter-Schools Debating competition travelled to the Houses of Parliament as part of a celebration of the annual event organised by Andrew.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has chaired in the Royal Town a second 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 »

The Royal Town’s MP has pledged his support to the campaign by the Stolen and Missing Pet Alliance (Sampa) to amend the 1968 Theft Act to reclassify Pet Theft as a specific crime in its own right and improve the Sentencing Guidelines.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has met with IM Properties for discussions about their emerging proposals for the first phase of the development of Peddimore and was accompanied by Cllr Charlotte Hodivala, newly elected to Birmingham City Council.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP recently met with Alan Parsons, Chairman and Secretary for Boldmere St Michaels Football Club, to congratulate them on their £100,000 award from the Football Stadia Improvement Fund and hear about the important work the Club does for the local community.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has visited Boldmere’s William Hill to show his support for the Football Shirt Friday campaign to tackle bowel cancer.  read more »

Internet Goliath Google has finally agreed to use Sutton Coldfield’s Royal Title on all Google Map products throughout the world in a victory for the Royal Town.  read more »

The Royal Town’s MP tabled a Parliamentary Question to the Health Secretary following a meeting with the CEO of St Giles Hospice in Sutton Coldfield.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell visits the Sutton Coldfield Group Practice and secures support for Royal Sutton Coldfield Cottage Hospital revitalisation plans.  read more »

The Royal Town’s MP has highlighted the importance of Government and local support for the arts while visiting the prestigious local Elmhurst Ballet School to learn more about the important work that the school carried out in training the next generation of dancers and musicians.  read more »

Civic Leaders came together to reflect on recent tragic events in the town at the Annual Civic Service on Sunday, 20th May.  read more »

The Royal Town’s MP has tabled a Parliamentary Question to the new Home Secretary following a meeting with Rev Dr Carver Anderson in Sutton Coldfield.  read more »

Andrew Mitchell MP has welcomed the Government’s proposals for a deposit return scheme in England for single use drinks containers (whether plastic, glass or metal), which will be put out for consultation later this year in a meeting in the Royal Town with Friends of the Earth.  read more »

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 »