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Press Release
11 March 2008
Birmingham needs a "city renaissance" to allow it to compete against cities in China and India, Conservative leader David Cameron has warned.
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Video
20 February 2008
The Shadow International Secretary visits a slum in Freetown, Sierra Leone - one of the poorest countries in the world. It has one of the worst rates of death amongst children under 5 anywhere in the world, with many people there living below water level.
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Press Release
19 February 2008
Caroline Spelman will be meeting the Bishop of Birmingham, Rt Rev David Urquhart, on Friday 22nd February at St Andrews Church in Chelmsley Wood.
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Press Release
13 February 2008
Good news comes in threes - and that's certainly the case in Birmingham at the moment.
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Press Release
13 February 2008
The decision to back a rebuild of New Street station was "long overdue", Conservatives insisted.
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Press Release
7 February 2008
It's offical! Today it was announced that Birmingham's Conservative-led Council is officially rated a three star authority.
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Press Release
25 January 2008
Wed 6 Feb 2008 7:30pm at Town Hall
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Press Release
21 January 2008
Edgbaston Parliamentary Candidate, Deirdre Alden, has launched a petition to save all the remaining Post Office branches in the Edgbaston Constituency.
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Press Release
8 January 2008
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Minister for Birmingham, today slammed the Prime Minister’s response over Birmingham’s New Street Station.
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Press Release
31 December 2007
I want 2008 to be the year in which we offer the people of this country the hope of real change, by setting out a clear and inspiring vision of what Britain will look like with a Conservative government.
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Press Release
20 December 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Minister for Birmingham, today expressed his outrage at the timing of the announcement, regarding emergency surgery at Birmingham’s City Hospital.
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Press Release
19 December 2007
In the spring the Post Office will decide which branches in Birmingham to axe in their latest round of closures.
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Press Release
18 December 2007
Edgbaston's Parliamentary Candidate, Deirdre Alden, has reacted angrily to news that there will be no reprieve for emergency surgery facilities at Birmingham's City Hospital.
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Press Release
18 December 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Minister for Birmingham, today threw down the gauntlet for Gordon Brown to deliver on the funding for New Street station.
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Press Release
13 November 2007
Edgbaston Parliamentary Candidate, Cllr Deirdre Alden, attended the Diwali celebrations in Birmingham on Sunday evening November 11th as a guest of the Hindu Council of Birmingham.
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Press Release
9 November 2007
Shadow Minister for Birmingham, Andrew Mitchell MP: "The key question to Gordon Brown today on his brief visit to the West Midlands is where is the long overdue support for New Street Station?"
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Press Release
9 November 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Minister for Birmingham, has sent his best wishes to all members of the Hindu and Sikh communities as they celebrate Diwali - the traditional festival of lights.
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Press Release
1 November 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Minister for Birmingham comments on today’s demonstration in Birmingham by Conservative activists.
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Press Release
29 October 2007
On Monday evening I was at the House of Commons for a tax briefing from Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne...
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Press Release
18 October 2007
Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague launches a Conservative poster, calling on Gordon Brown to keep his promise and hold a referendum on the EU Constitution.
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Press Release
12 October 2007
Neighbourhood Watch celebrates its 25th anniversary on Oct 15th, and to mark the occasion Edgbaston Parliamentary Candidate, Deirdre Alden, went along to the first meeting of the latest Neighbourhood Watch Group to set up in the Edgbaston constituency.
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Press Release
10 October 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP has called on the Government to deliver on its promise to move forward on the Birmingham New Street Gateway Project.
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Article for Birmingham Post
9 October 2007
Two Prime Ministers coined phrases which witnessed their nexus over the last few days.
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Press Release
7 October 2007
Edgbaston Candidate Deirdre Alden joined William Hague, West Midlands MEPs and other delegates in sending a postcard to Gordon Brown from the Conserative Party Conference in Blackpool.
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Letter
5 October 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Minister for Birmingham writes an open letter to the Birmingham Post and Mail
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Press Release
4 October 2007
In the keynote speech of the Conference, David outlined his vision for Britain.
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Press Release
3 October 2007
Shadow International Development Secretary and local MP, Andrew Mitchell speaks at Conference...
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Press Release
3 October 2007
Click here to read Caroline Spelman's speech to conference...
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Press Release
3 October 2007
Francis Maude tells Conference 2007 that the Party is ready for an election and has a "coherent, contemporary, Conservative" programme for government.
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Press Release
18 September 2007
Edgbaston Candidate Deirdre Alden has been checking out some local foods at her constituency's Farmers' Market ahead of British Food fortnight, which runs from Sept 22nd - Oct 7th.
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Press Release
14 September 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP, Conservative Shadow Minister for Birmingham, will support the plans to create a new six-week ‘National Citizen Service’ programme for 16 year-olds across Birmingham and the UK.
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Press Release
14 September 2007
Gordon Brown’s failure to visit Birmingham and the Black Country will reach a landmark 80 days on Friday (14th September).
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Press Release
6 September 2007
The West Midlands is a key battle ground in every general election but next time it could make all the difference between the Conservatives coming back to power or not.
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Press Release
29 August 2007
Birmingham has some of the worst unemployment in the United Kingdom according to a House of Commons report.
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Press Release
15 August 2007
Polling by West Midlands Conservatives on the social networking site Facebook has revealed that Gordon Brown’s Labour Party is ranked third among young people in the West Midlands.
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Press Release
8 August 2007
The appointment last month of Liam Byrne as Minister for the West Midlands demonstrates once again that this tired, lacklustre, southern-centred Government is not listening to the ordinary people of Birmingham.
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Press Release
7 August 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP for Sutton Coldfield and Shadow Minister for Birmingham has met the Chief Executive of the Birmingham Disability Resource Centre (BDRC), Louise Simmons to discuss the support available to those with disabilities in the area.
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Press Release
7 August 2007
Gordon Brown’s first month has seemed like a political blizzard. Announcement after announcement. New policies, new statements, new initiatives.
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Press Release
3 August 2007
Ken Axford has been chosen by a special general meeting of Brandwood Ward Conservatives to be the Conservative Candidate at the forthcoming Birmingham City Council by-election.
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Press Release
31 July 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP has met with Chris Clifford, the Regional Director of CBI West Midlands to discuss a number of issues affecting business performance in the region.
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Press Release
30 July 2007
Andrew Mitchell MP has met with students from Birmingham University’s Conservative Future Society (BUCF), including students from Sutton Coldfield, to take part in a question and answer session.
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Press Release
30 July 2007
“Gordon Brown's been making all sorts of announcements recently - but he hasn't announced one really important thing, a referendum on the new European Treaty.”
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Press Release
25 July 2007
Andrew Mitchell, Conservative Shadow Minister for Birmingham, recently met with staff and users at the Cerebral Palsy Midlands centre in Harborne.
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Video
25 July 2007
Andrew Mitchell reflects on Birmingham visits
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Press Release
24 July 2007
Local MEP Philip Bradbourn is demanding that UK Government apply for an EU fund set up to help areas affected by flooding.
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Press Release
24 July 2007
Shadow Minister for Birmingham, Andrew Mitchell, has promised to do his bit to raise cash for an innovative football league that promotes social inclusion for people with mental health issues.
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Press Release
23 July 2007
David Cameron speaks about the on-going problem of heavy rainfall and flooding across Britain.
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Press Release
21 July 2007
“What can I say about yesterday? It rained. And then it rained again. And it's still raining today.
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Press Release
17 July 2007
It is with regret that we announce that Cllr Ken Hardeman has passed away. Ken was a highly experienced and valued member of the Conservative Group on Birmingham City Council.
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Press Release
16 July 2007
David Cameron today launched "Stand Up Speak Up" - an online platform for everyone in the country to get involved in shaping the next election manifesto.
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