Michael Fabricant toured Pipe Hall Farm, woods owned and managed by the Woodland Trust yesterday with officials from the Trust. “I’ve been a member of the Woodland Trust for a number of years and am Deputy Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group” says Michael. “So it was a real pleasure to visit the 150 […]
The Operations Director of Highways England has confirmed that weight limits could be added along the route of the A515 which passes through Yoxall and Kings Bromley. “Heavy trucks are making the lives of residents in Yoxall and Kings Bromley a misery as drivers use the narrow A515 with its hairpin bends as a rat […]
On Saturday 8th April, Michael Fabricant met with Peter Button and Lisa Saltmarsh and others who are members of the Burntwood & Hammerwich Action Groups who are seeking a better design for local planning in the area. “I very much welcomed the meeting with the Groups which was very constructive. I was very impressed with […]
Michael Fabricant opened a new bottling line at Roxane at their plant in Fradley near Lichfield today (24th March). “Opened just four years ago and bottling local spring water, this joint venture between Britain and France is now the biggest in Europe and is yet another demonstration of post Brexit confidence in the future of […]
Michael Fabricant has weighed into the Rugby Football Union’s decision to exclude the Lichfield Ladies rugby team from the Women’s Super League. Michael says: “I have written to Ian Ritchey, the Chief Executive of the RFU in Twickenham, asking his Board to reconsider their decision to restrict the Women’s Super League to just 10 teams […]
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 […]
“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 […]
“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 […]