Last night in the Guildhall in the City of Lichfield (Friday 3rd March), the Erasmus Darwin Academy (Burntwood), Friary School (Lichfield), John Taylor High School (Barton under Needwood), and King Edward VI School (Lichfield) all competed for cups in the Michael Fabricant and Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition. All four teams of 3 […]

Michael Fabricant met with officials from Network Rail and London Midland trains today in Westminster to see their initial plans for disabled access at Lichfield Trent Valley station. “Two lifts will be installed at either side of the West Coast Main line so that both platforms and the cross-city line platform will all be connected. […]

“Business rates will be falling in the Lichfield Parliamentary constituency” says Michael Fabricant. “This is good news for local traders – the last thing local businesses want now is increased overheads. On average, business in Lichfield District will see their business rates fall by 3.2% while in East Staffordshire it will fall by just under […]

“For over 40 years, Staffordshire schools have had a raw deal on funding getting less per pupil than most other areas” says Michael Fabricant. “We have always been in the bottom 20 areas because historically, in the 1960s and before then, Staffordshire just spent less on our schools. “But for the first time, the Government […]

“I condemn the use of misinformation and scare stories employed by some local members of the Green Party recently when they were conducting a petition to save Lichfield Library” says Michael Fabricant. “I received letters from concerned constituents who were led to believe that the Friary in Lichfield which currently houses the Library is to […]

Michael Fabricant questioned Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, in the House of Commons regarding passenger services on the West Coast Mainline following the opening of HS2 and has since had a meeting to discuss this further. Michael’s concerns arose from an answer Chris Grayling gave to fellow Staffordshire MP, Robert Flello, on Thursday 12th January:- Robert […]

Michael Fabricant along with Heather Wheeler (MP for South Derbyshire), Chris Pincher (MP for Tamworth) and Andrew Griffiths (MP for Burton) met with Helen Scott-South, the Chief Executive of Queen’s Hospital Burton at 1pm today (23rd January). “Our main reason for meeting the Chief Executive was to discuss the future of the A&E Department at […]