Michael Fabricant visited Citizens Advice (formerly known as the Citizens Advice Bureau) in Levetts’ Fields in Lichfield on Friday (13th September) to visit their newly refurbished offices in their 50th Anniversary year. Michael says: “Citizens Advice provide help for thousands of local people each year. This includes on how to handle debt, how to claim […]
Michael Fabricant today (10th September) met privately with Douglas Oakervee, Chairman of the Oakervee Review into HS2 and, in a separate meeting, Andrew Gilligan, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Transport at Number 10 Downing Street. Commenting on the meetings, Michael says “Doug Oakervee and I discussed the scope of the review and he […]
With the announcement that First Trenitalia will be taking over the Pendolino franchise from Virgin Trains, Michael Fabricant sought assurances from the Department of Transport that services will be maintained. Question: Michael Fabricant MP To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the change to train […]
Michael Fabricant unveiled the opening plaque at the Greywood Multi-Schools Trust comprising of The Friary School, Queen’s Croft High School and Henry Chadwick Primary School on Friday 6th September. Michael said: “It is great that these three schools have come together and most importantly that the trust will remain local to Lichfield with a strong […]
Michael Fabricant visited Lichfield Trent Valley railway station on Friday morning to meet Jack Pickering of Network Rail, Mick Smith of West Midlands Trains, and Clare Horton of Staffordshire County Council to discuss progress at the station. Michael says: “We met to discuss improved pedestrian and cycle access to the station, the provision of additional […]
The Telegraph September 4th, 2019 MPs up and down the land have been receiving a string of emails – often identical – talking of the ‘catastrophe’ that will strike our islands if we leave the EU without a Deal. And by ‘Deal’ they mean the one negotiated by Theresa May with or without the […]
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Prorogation of Parliament, Michael says:- “If Parliament is prorogued on September 10th returning on October 14th for the State Opening of Parliament, it will be just 3 days longer than usual as there always is a Conference Recess in September for 3 weeks. This does beg the […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s recent article in the Telegraph where he suggests that the US Ambassador visit Lichfield (see the article here) the United States Ambassador to London, Woody Johnson, has tweeted: “Spot on from Michael Fabricant! We Americans don’t forget who our friends are! And I’m definitely up for a trip to Lichfield. Can we […]
The Telegraph August 23rd, 2019 This weekend, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are set to meet for their very first time as Prime Minister and President at the G7 Conference. And the anti-American twitter war in Britain will start afresh. Yet from a US perspective, the Anglo-American alliance could not be stronger. Last Sunday […]
“After 3 people were recently taken to hospital after a fire in Burton Old Road in Lichfield after a tumble dryer caught fire, it is important for everyone to be alert to this possible fire hazard” says Michael Fabricant. “With 724 fires caused by tumble dryers in English homes last year and a major, ongoing […]