The International Development Secretary starts his interview at just past four minutes into this video. He repeatedly insists that building prosperity is the Government's number one priority.
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By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. As the Feltham and Heston by-election reaches its later stages – it is set to take place next Thursday – senior Conservative MPs have been paying visits to the constituency. In the last few days, the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, the Minister of State for […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter A large number of Conservative MPs attended a meeting of Conservative Friends of International Development last night. This new group has a Facebook page and aims to build support for the work that Andrew Mitchell is doing at the Department for International Development. The core membership of the group […]
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Mr Mitchell, the Secretary of State for International Development, made a statement to the Commons earlier that included these words: “The floods in Pakistan are extraordinary; and demand an extraordinary response. I am proud that the UK has been at the forefront of the international community’s response to the disaster and was the first major […]
Earlier today, for International Development Day, David Cameron visited Islamic Relief. In this Platform article, Andrew Mitchell, Conservative International Development Spokesman, sets out a clear, bold vision for a Conservative government: a world free from poverty. Sometimes in politics – even amidst the frantic pace of an election campaign – you have to stand back […]
Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, recently became the first senior British politician to visit Zimbabwe in an official capacity in many years. Here, he writes about the progress he witnessed that has been made in recent months – and the challenges that remain. This time last year the shops in […]
Andrew Mitchell MP is Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and has recently returned from a visit to Iraq, where he observed for himself the work of DFID on the ground. While everyone is rightly debating the structure and process of the long-overdue inquiry into the Iraq War, surprisingly little attention has been paid […]
Andrew MItchell MP is Secretary of State for International Development. If you are interested in taking part in Project Umubano 2011, please email Abi Green in Stephen Crabb’s office. When I first put the idea to David Cameron in 2007 of taking a few dozen members of the Conservative Party to Rwanda for an international […]