Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Transport who visited Lichfield in October, has announced a new preferred route for the HS2 train service which will by-pass Lichfield and Whittington. "They have abandoned the railway viaduct which would have flown over Britannia Park in Lichfield and blighted the lives of people living in hundreds of […]

Michael Fabricant is urging all county councillors in the midlands to get off the fence and engage in the debate into the route the proposed High Speed Train might take. Not to do so is "irresponsible" he says. While he "respects" the stand that some Staffordshire County Councillors have taken to oppose the HS2 project […]

Following meetings held some days ago between Chris Pincher (the MP for Tamworth), Michael Fabricant, The Secretary of State for Transport, and the Chief Engineer of HS2 (see News Release of 29th November reproduced below), HS2 have now told both MPs that they have rejected the route outright as it fails on noise and other […]

Chris Pincher (the MP for Tamworth) and Michael Fabricant had further meetings with the Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond, and with Andrew McNaughton, the HS2 Chief Engineer, in Westminster last week. Michael Fabricant said "We again re-emphasised that the original Adonis route is unacceptable. We also made it absolutely clear that an alternative […]

Michael Fabricant visited Lichfield Talking News on Friday (26th November) and learned that Lichfield is leading the way nationally into the digital age – and the former BBC broadcaster read a report for its listeners. "Talking News for the blind or partially sighted has traditionally been a 90 minute weekly tape recorded on cassette. But […]

Michael visited Chadsmead Primary School in Lichfield yesterday (Friday 26th November) and was so impressed he ended up phoning Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister, immediately afterwards. "I’ve not done that before" says Michael. "Although it was a Friday evening and Nick was driving up to London back from his constituency for weekends meetings, I just […]

Commenting on Staffordshire County Council’s decision to oppose HS2 (High Speed Rail) in principle (see their News Release reproduced below), Michael Fabricant says: "I note the County’s stand on this and I believe it is also shared by the Conservative Group on Lichfield District Council. "My focus remains on the route the HS2 lines may […]

Michael Fabricant has welcomed reports that school funding may be allocated direct from Whitehall in future on a more simple per pupil age formula and says it will benefit schools in the midlands. Michael says: "Staffordshire school funding has always been one of the lowest in the country and it is simply not fair that […]

Michael Fabricant visited the Tesco Extra in Lichfield today (Friday 12th November) – not for his weekly shop, but to give Tesco awards to four local primary schools: St Chad’s, St Michael’s, Charnwood, and Christ Church. The gifts included computer and sports equipment. Michael Fabricant says: "This was a great event and I am pleased […]

Michael Fabricant will be the narrator of an unconventional version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore to be performed in Lichfield Cathedral at 7.30pm on the evening of Saturday 5th March 2011. "This version of HMS Pinafore will feature the regular songs, but the narration is likely to go wildly off piste as it did […]