According to the Economist magazine published today, Sir Alastair Morton (Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority) has privately told the Government that rail passengers would be safer if speed restrictions were removed and trains were allowed to run at their usual speed. Safety experts have estimated that the growth in road traffic, arising from frustrated […]
Michael Fabricant today unveiled a new Conservative policy designed to protect rural businesses in Staffordshire. He announced that the next Conservative Government would cut £1,000 off the business rate bills of vital rural shops, pubs and post offices across England. "Rural shops, post offices and village pubs are the lifeblood of villages and market towns, […]
Michael Fabricant believes that the disruption and chaos on the rail may well cause even more deaths on the road as a consequence of increased road traffic. "I can’t get any sense out of Railtrack as to what and when services are available from Lichfield to London and to the North", says Michael Fabricant. "I […]
Gwyneth Dunwoody MP has accepted Michael Fabricant’s invitation to be the ‘Speaker’ at the annual Michael Fabricant-Arthur Price of England Schools Speaking Competition to be held in the Guildhall, Lichfield on Friday 16th February at 7.30pm next year. Mrs Dunwoody is Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and is Chairman of the powerful Parliamentary […]
"Rats are having a field day in the West Midlands, because of Labour’s inadequate litter controls! " according to Michael Fabricant. A new National Pest Technicians Association survey has shown that Britain’s rat population has increased by 31 per cent in the last year – with the West Midlands’ rat population soaring from 15% in […]
Michael Fabricant has written to Alan Millburn, Secretary of State forHealth, asking him – or an appropriate Health Minister – to meet a delegation from the Lichfield Hospitals Comforts Fund Committee to discuss the future of hospital services in Lichfield. This follows receipt of a letter from the Committee requesting such a meeting. "I hope […]
Government Minister, Mike O’Brien MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office) has refused to help the St Giles Hospice Lottery which has just seen its £910 ‘lottery tax’ increased to a staggering £9,360. (A rise of over 1,000% !) In a letter just written to Michael Fabricant, Mike O’Brien says: "There is […]
Michael Fabricant is growing increasingly concerned that local business will suffer badly from the dual consequences of high taxation and rail disruption. "It is becoming very difficult for local people to travel down to London and other parts of the country for business and other meetings – and it could get worse", Michael Fabricant warns. […]
At a meeting between Bob Glover (Chairman, St Giles Hospice Promotions) and Michael Fabricant this morning (Saturday October 14th), Mr Fabricant has promised to campaign against a new stealth tax imposed by the Government on 12th June this year which could cripple the St Giles Hospice Lottery. The Hospice is based in Whittington near Lichfield. […]
A Canals Summit was held at the Lichfield home of Michael Fabricant early this afternoon between Philip Bradbourn OBE MEP (Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands), Michael Fabricant, and the following officers of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Limited: Brian Kingshott (Chairman), Phil Sharpe (Vice-Chairman), Rob Davies (Director, Fund […]