Posted on June 24, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Pensioners and vulnerable groups hit hardest as Labour cuts hit local communities
Shadow Minister for Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell said the Government should do more to encourage people to use post offces.
He said: “Unlike under the Tories, where we made sure that post offces had additional business to keep them open, Labour [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Shadow Minister for Birmingham, Andrew Mitchell MP, recently visited Investbx Ltd in Birmingham City Centre. Based in Colmore Row, Birmingham the company represents the first virtual trading platform of its kind in Britain. Its purpose is to help small to medium businesses raise capital for growth, in exchange for shares. [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Andrew Mitchell MP for Sutton Coldfield met withOxfam volunteers on Friday at Oxfam’s Wylde Green shop. He will be adding his wishes about overcoming poverty to thousands of others, from his constituency and around the world, who are sending their wishes to G8 leaders meeting in Japan early next month.
These wishes, being collected by [...]
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Posted on June 17, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Shadow Minister for Birmingham, Andrew Mitchell MP, recently visited the University of Birmingham to learn about their hydrogen fuel cell project. More photos and comment to follow…
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Posted on June 16, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Deirdre Alden, PPC for Birmingham Edgbaston writes:
The Safe Haven Youth Project, run by the police at Four Dwellings School in Quinton, has been very successful. The young people have a safe place to go where youth club activities are held, and they have also been away on trips to places such as the Lake District, [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2008 by Cllr Mike Flower
Shadow Minister for Birmingham, Andrew Mitchell, visited a creative music centre in Handsworth, Birmingham today. He received a sneak preview before it was officially opened this afternoon by the Arts Council. Take a look at the video above to see why Andrew thinks it is an excellent project.
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