“Lichfield should find an alternative project for the third round of Levelling Up Funding after the disappointment of Lichfield District Council’s failed bid for the new leisure centre” says Michael Fabricant.  “Government officials now tell me ‘more work was needed’ on the leisure centre bid;  perhaps a major project in Burntwood or elsewhere, if more […]

Commenting on Lichfield’s failure to win funding for a new swimming pool and leisure complex in the Levelling Up Fund 2nd Round, Michael Fabricant says: “I am very disappointed that Lichfield was unsuccessful in obtaining levelling up funding for the replacement leisure centre and swimming pool.  I am told that flaws in the application meant […]

Michael Fabricant will be opening Saturday’s session (21st January) of the Lichfield Film Festival at The Garrick.  “This has been organised by Caroline Koziol in conjunction with the British International Film Festival and is something very new to the City.  As well as local people attending, I understand that there will be visitors from the […]

Unemployment data published this morning (17th January) by the Office of National Statistics show unemployment remains low in the Lichfield constituency which includes Burntwood and surrounding villages as well as the City of Lichfield. “Despite a slight uptick nationally, figures published today show that in December 2022 there were 1,375 actual claimants in Lichfield constituency, […]

I discussed this thorny issue with the journalist Ian Collins on TalkTV:  Should MPs be allowed to have second jobs or not.  (I don’t have one, by the way!)  

In the House of Commons today (19th December), Michael Fabricant raised the vital importance of getting a flu jab or nasal vaccine to help prevent serious complications from the normally mild Strep A infection. Michael said to the Health Minister, Maria Caulfield:  “While I am pleased to hear that there are adequate supplies of Penicillin […]

At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Michael Fabricant raised the need for the Lichfield to Burton rail line to be reinstated for passenger traffic to provide a service to the National Memorial Arboretum and  “I also rather cheekily slipped in the Council’s bid for funding for the urgently needed new leisure centre in the City” says […]

Following the tragic drowning of 3 boys in a frozen lake in Solihull,  Government too has a role to play in educating children about water safety and the dangers of walking on iced ponds I tell Alison Mackenzie on itv. I have asked the Government to bring back those public information videos we all remember […]

Michael Fabricant has backed a bid by Lichfield Cathedral to save the Central Spire of the historic Three-Spired building. “I have written to the Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund in full support of the Cathedral’s bid” says Michael. “In my letter, I said among other points ‘The view of the iconic three spires […]