"Rural arts and crafts are alive and well and arts are not the exclusive province of major cities" says Michael Fabricant having joined the ‘Rural Arts Trail’ in Hadley End, Hoar Cross, Newborough, and Yoxall over the weekend. Local artists, including painters, photographers, sculptors and writers, exhibited their crafts in a mixture of garages, farmyards, […]
Michael Fabricant will be featured in the new series of ITV’s ‘Waterworld’ when it starts again in January next year. "To my surprise, I won an award for a couple of photographs I took from a narrow boat on a canal near Napton on the Hill in Warwickshire" says Michael. "I entered the photos in […]
Michael Fabricant is calling for local people to raise money for people living with cancer by taking part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Relief on 24 September. Every day 739 people in this country are told they have cancer. Right now Macmillan can’t be there for all of them. That’s why […]
Two and a half years after Michael Fabricant teamed up with Labour MP, Bob Blizzard, to empower councils to crack down on dog owners who allow their pets to foul public areas, Lichfield District Council is launching a campaign against such public nuisances. Michael Fabricant says "Dog fouling is not just unsightly, it can cause […]
Exploding petrol bombs and stone throwing crowds were all part of a day’s work for Michael Fabricant when he joined police for a tough training session. Michael Fabricant was kitted out in flameproof clothing and helmet to see how police are trained to handle difficult public order situations. And he needed the special protection as […]
"Lichfield will lose its unique character if housing developments which cram brick into every green space is allowed to continue" says Michael Fabricant. "Government planning laws are the culprit which demand 30-50 homes per hectare. I shall be initiating a debate on this subject in the House of Commons. It affects not only Lichfield, but […]
With interest rates having risen a further 0.25% today – the fifth interest rate rise since November, Michael Fabricant says: "People who have recently bought expensive homes in the Lichfield and Burntwood area as well in other parts of the midlands when interest rates were lower will begin to feel the pinch as interest rates […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the news that Ofcom, the communications regulator, has announced a new ground breaking access code that will dramatically improve the choice of television programmes available for millions of deaf and hard of hearing people. Michael argued for subtitling when he served on the Communications Bill committee last year which established Ofcom. […]
With news that the Government is now treating animal rights activists as being a serious problem, Michael Fabricant has given a cautious welcome to changes in the law being proposed by the Government and which will protect workers at Darley Oaks Farm in Newchurch in Staffordshire. The farm breeds guinea pigs for medical research and […]
Michael Fabricant has given a cautious welcome to M6 Toll charge changes which will take place in August when the introductory discounted charges end. "Before the toll road opened, I argued that local users should be entitled to a discount given the long disruption they had to suffer while the road was being built" says […]