Michael Fabricant attended "a stormy meeting" last night (Friday) held atthe Old Mining College in Chasetown (Burntwood) with over 70 residents complaining about under age drinking and "the lack of local policing" in thearea. Chief Inspector Kevin O’Leary, Inspector Mike Kozam, and a local police sergeant represented the Staffordshire Police Service. The meeting was chaired […]
Michael Fabricant who last month called for closer economic and political ties with the United States is now calling on all school students aged between 14 and 16 in Lichfield and Burntwood and throughout the Lichfield Parliamentary constituency to enter a competition which will enable them, and a parent or teacher, to win a free […]
"Now we know just how big the gap is between New Labour spin and the reality of how NHS patients are suffering" says Michael Fabricant Following the Government’s big announcement yesterday that waiting lists have fallen to 100,000, Michael Fabricant says "Patients will not be impressed by the Government’s self-congratulation and hype. The reality is […]
Following a meeting with Richard Fearn, Midlands Railtrack Director, Michael Fabricant has been able to obtain a firm commitment to upgrade Lichfield Trent Valley Railway station. "This will benefit commuters and the economy of the City as more mainline trains will be able to stop at the station", says Mr Fabricant. "I have not been […]
Keith Hill MP, Minister at the Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions, has told Michael Fabricant that there will be a Public Inquiry into the track widening proposals made by Railtrack in Armitage and Handsacre. The Minister advised Mr Fabricant that over 1,000 objections had been received including the petition of over 300 […]
"With the Rural Crime Unit and Mounted Police being disbanded in Staffordshire and there being 250 fewer police and police civilian personnel in our County and the closure and partial closure of Police Stations in Lichfield, Chasetown and elsewhere, there is growing unease about the ability of the Police to protect homes and individuals from […]
Michael Fabricant will be meeting Winnie the pig and local farmer, Chris Jackson, in Parliament Square on the night of Tuesday 2nd May. Winnie has become something of a Westminster celebrity. He lives in a purpose built sty under the statue of Sir Winston Churchill directly facing the main entrance to the House of Commons. […]
Ann Widdecombe will be visiting Lichfield on Saturday 8th July and will be the guest of honour at a Conservative Party dinner to be held in a local hotel. Before that, she plans to visit the Medieval Market being held in The Close and will also be given a tour of Lichfield Cathedral, including the […]
Janice Taylor (Trent Valley, Lichfield Post Office), Mrs Cash Badham and her daughter Anita (Armitage Post Office) and Mrs Kim Frankham (Hammerwich Post Office) travelled down to London as part of the huge lobby of sub post masters and mistresses which besieged Parliament on Wednesday. But speaking during prime minister’s question time Mr Blair said […]
In a letter to Michael Fabricant, Jane Kennedy MP (Minister in the Lord Chancellor’s Department) has announced that both the Lichfield Magistrates’ Court and the Lichfield based County Court will both be closed by 3rd July ending hundreds of years of legal tradition in the City. “This will now jeopardise the future of law firms […]