Andrew Mitchell
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 68 |
Web site | www.andrew-mitchell-mp.co.uk |
Date of birth | March 23,1956 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | London |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Sharon Bennett |
Party | Conservative Party |
Children | Hannah Mitchell |
Rosie Mitchell | |
Parents | David Mitchell |
Pamela Haward | |
Official site | parliament.uk |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2001 | |
Education | Rugby School |
University of Cambridge | |
Jesus College, University of Cambridge | |
Previous position | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom (2012–2012) |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 416110 |
Andrew Mitchell Life story
Andrew John Bower Mitchell is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield since 2001. A member of the Conservative Party, Mitchell was previously the MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997.
UK government plans radical shake-up of foreign aid for climate change disasters
... The government s development and Africa minister, Andrew Mitchell, said Monday s White Paper should be seen as a restatement of the value of aid and a glimmer of hope in dark times...
David Cameron: How will MPs hold the foreign secretary to account?
... Instead, those questions will be fielded by the ministers below him at the Foreign Office, including Andrew Mitchell and Anne-Marie Trevelyan...
Sudan conflict: Ethnic cleansing committed in Darfur, UK says
... The UK Minister for Africa, Andrew Mitchell, told the BBC this bore " all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing"...
Mother's plea for daughter Mia's release after Hamas hostage video
... Citizens from a number of countries are being held, including up to 10 from the UK, and Foreign Office Minister Andrew Mitchell has said the government is doing all it can to get them back as soon as possible...
UK foreign aid cuts: Thousands will die as a result, says report
... Andrew Mitchell, the development minister, gave it to the International Development Committee as part of his efforts to make UK aid spending more transparent - as it used to be before the Department for International Development was merged with the more secretive Foreign Office...
Niger: UK tells nationals to stay inside amid unrest
... Andrew Mitchell, the minister for development and Africa, called for the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to be " immediately reinstated to restore constitutional order"...
New British Humanitarian Medal to honour UK disaster rescuers
... International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell said the humanitarian medal would recognise those who " show such courage and serve as inspiration in a range of desperate situations"...
Barbados PM fights for shake-up of global climate finance
... The UK is sending its minister for development, Andrew Mitchell...
Government set to breach foreign aid spending cap
By James LandaleDiplomatic correspondent
The government is set to breach its cap on foreign aid spending because so much of The budget is being used to pay for asylum seekers in The UK.
Spending is currently set at 0. 5% of national Income - Around £11bn.
The Bbc has learned that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected to admit there will be an overspend of $1bn or so in each of The Next three years pushing aid spending to an estimated 0. 55%.
The Treasury said there were " significant pressures" on aid budgets.
The Department , responsible for The country's finances, has been forced to accept The increase because The Home Office has spent so much of The Foreign aid budget housing and feeding refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine, Afghanistan and others Coming In boats across The Channel.
The Bbc revealed last month The government was On Course to spend in The UK this year, More Than on direct humanitarian help for countries overseas.
International rules allow governments to count The Money they spend on The First year of an asylum seeker's stay in their country as official development assistance - known as ODA. But such have been The numbers coming into The UK this year that The Home Office 's drain on The aid budget has risen inexorably.
As a result, earlier in The summer The Foreign Office suspended all " non-essential" spending on humanitarian and development needs overseas, causing devastating cuts to UK aid projects all over The World .
This Was on top of The government's decision two years ago to cut its aid spending target from 0. 7% of national Income to 0. 5%. The reduction was supposed to be temporary and last only until " The fiscal situation allowed" - which The Treasury Last Year forecast would be in 2024.
But government sources suggest Jeremy Hunt will make clear this Thursday when he announced The Autumn Statement that there will be No Return to The 0. 7% target for at least three years. Nor is there expected to be any curb on Home Office use of The aid budget.
Even though aid spending overseas is falling, any overall increase in The budget may prove controversial in a week when so much other government spending is expected to be cut by The Chancellor.
Charities said officials in The Foreign Office had not realised how much aid was being spent by The Home Office and had not had enough time to cut other budgets to meet The 0. 5% target. " Officials just don't know what their budget is going to be, " one source said. " It is very, very difficult to plan. "
It is also understood that The Treasury that Andrew Mitchell , The new International Development Secretary, has successfully persuaded The Treasury to protect some aid spending targeted at preventing treatable diseases.
Mr Mitchell is expected to announce on Monday just how much money The UK will contribute over The Next three years to The Global Fund - The International organisation that tackles tuberculosis, HIV/Aids and malaria. Charities are hoping he will allocate at least £1bn. Three years ago The government pledged £1. 4bn for that three-year period.
The Treasury emphasised that The government was prioritising essential overseas aid funding and remained committed to spending 0. 7% of national Income on ODA once The fiscal situation allowed.
In a statement, it said: " Across government, there are significant pressures on The ODA budget due to The costs of accepting refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine as well as wider migration challenges. We remain one of The largest global aid donors, spending More Than £11bn in aid in 2021, and UK aid has recently gone towards those in need in The Horn of Africa and Pakistan.
" All spending decisions will be considered in The round by The Chancellor at The Autumn Statement. "
Source of news: bbc.com