“I am backing West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, in his ultimatum to West Midlands Trains following the train company’s announcement that their managing director, Jan Chaudry-van-der-Velde, will be replaced by Julian Edwards” says Michael Fabricant.  Jan Chaudry-van-der-Velde and Julian Edwards will work together during a handover period until Easter. But Andy Street has said “A […]

The Sun  by Matt Dathan, Deputy Political Editor   In a letter to Her Majesty, Michael Fabricant says Buckingham Palace’s dilemma over what to do with Prince Harry “could be turned into a huge triumph” if they accept his proposal. And the MP says that far from being “a cause for sorrow,” the decision by Harry and […]

Michael Fabricant raised school funding in Staffordshire with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and then the UK’s relationship with Iran with the Defence Secretary on Parliament’s first day back after the House of Commons recess. Education Michael Fabricant asked: My Right Honourable Friend will know, coming from the West Midlands, that Staffordshire, historically, has been […]

Staffordshire’s 12 Conservative MPs – all MPs in Staffordshire are now Conservative – met in the House of Commons on the 19th December and re-constituted the Staffordshire Group of MPs who meet regularly to discuss County wide issues.  The Group previously included Labour MPs.  The Group will continue to have regular meetings with the County […]

Michael Fabricant will be writing to John Henderson, the Chief Executive of Staffordshire County Council, regarding the state of the A 5190 road between Lichfield and Burntwood which was recently resurfaced. “I find it hard to believe that the road which has recently been resurfaced by sub-contractors to Amey who, in turn, were contracted by […]

Longdon Village, just north of Lichfield, is getting its Royal Mail Post Box back.  “When the sub post office in Longdon was closed, the post box closed with it” says Michael Fabricant.  “I was contacted by Longdon Parish Council about this and, working with them, contacted Rico Back, the Chief Executive of Royal Mail in […]

In a light-hearted exchange in the House of Commons, Michael Fabricant invited John Bercow to be the restored Archbishop of Lichfield on his retirement today in a Parliamentary debate on the rôle of the Church of England. Michael first asked Dame Caroline Spelman MP, representing the Church Commissioners, about the workload of the Archbishops of […]