Helen Clark Speaking at the House of Commons News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    13 December 2007 Helen Clark Prime Minister of New Zealand since 1999 will be speaking to MPs, New Zealand Labour Party members and interested New Zealanders at the end of her forthcoming visit to the UK. Read more...   Austin presents children's artwork to Tony Blair News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    14 June 2006 Austin met Tony Blair this afternoon to present him with artwork by Grimsby schoolchildren. Read more...   Have your say on the future of the lottery News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    28 April 2006 The National Lottery Commission is running a consultation on the future of the lottery, ahead of the competition to decide who will run it from 2009. To have your say, visit their website.   Austin criticises undemocratic ballot of tenants News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    03 March 2006 Austin has written to Tower Hamlets Council, the Electoral Reform Society and the Housing Minister criticising the conduct of a recent ballot of tenants. Tenants felt intimidated by the presence of staff campaigning for a transfer of housing from the council to a housing association, and say they were deliberately misled. Read more...   Save the Radio 4 theme News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    25 January 2006 Austin is supporting the campaign to save the Radio 4 theme tune, which airs daily at 5.30am. He will be tabling an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons today. You can listen to his interview on the Today programme from this morning via the BBC website. A petition has been set up by Tim Hatton, a web designer - you can sign it here. So far over 4,000 people have added their names.   A letter to Ruth Kelly News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    07 December 2005 Dear Ruth I hope to be seeing you soon in one of your meetings arranged by the Whips to convince doubters like me of the benefits to my constituents of your Education White Paper. Since I am an acute case I’d like to set out my problems about your curate’s egg. Read more...   Carers Rights Day News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    02 December 2005 Austin is supporting Carers UK’s sixth annual Carers Rights Day today. If you look after a sick or disabled relative you may not be claiming all the benefits and services you are entitled to. You can find out more from the Carers UK website, from where you can order a free Carers Rights Guide.   right to reply #2 News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    16 March 2005 Austins response to the Guardian letter Read more...   right to reply News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    16 March 2005 Read the response to Austins Guardian article Read more...   Council Housing evidence session update! News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    09 March 2005 The House of Commons ‘Council Housing’ group yesterday (March 8) held the final evidence gathering session of its inquiry to demonstrate support for the ‘fourth option’ for council housing. Read more...   Stay tuned folks! News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    04 March 2005 Austin’s manifesto is coming soon... e-mail me with your ideas and input!!! This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   European Union Bill, A Confidence Trick Warn Labour Euro Sceptics News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    10 February 2005 Government is smuggling through a constitution the people don`t want by an incomprehensible Bill Read more...   *****NEWS FLASH****** News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    09 December 2004 CAMERA TO THE RESCUE: PHOTOGRAPHER MP VOLUNTEERS TO SAVE THE PEACE PROCESS Read more...   Welcome to the Weblog of Austin Mitchell News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    26 November 1998   We have updated this site to and look forward to bringing you many new features soon. All of Austin's Articles can be found on this site including Letters on Monetary Policy and Council Housing, his House Magazine Diary, Yorkshire Post and New Statesman Articles alongside his Opinions and General Ramblings. The Photo Gallery is now back online where you can see Austin's passion for photography displayed. Clicking on Out and About in Grimsby will take you to a special album of photos taken by Austin in Grimsby alongside descriptions of and anecdotes on the photos. We have added an Events Calendar so that you can keep up to date with Austin's Constituency Surgeries, Public Appointments, Talks, Lectures and other events. Your opinion counts to Austin and he will be running regular Polls on this site to get your views on current issues. We are also building a Web Links section where you can find links to Political, Grimsby Related and Personal websites. You can syndicate this site using RSS .91, RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0 Atom 3.0 or OPML by clicking on the relevant icon underneath the Articles by Topic menu. If you would like to contact Austin or his Constituency Office, please click on the Contact link.   Out and About in Grimsby News Flash Written by Austin Mitchell    28 November 1997