Michael Fabricant asked the Prime Minister today (Monday 11th May) via a video link (Zoom) what vision he has for a cleaner, greener Britain. Michael asked the Prime Minister: “”We all know it will take a while yet, but eventually the UK will be free of COVID-19. When that does happen, what is my Right […]
Michael Fabricant has welcomed the County’s decision to open its tips on Thursday 14th May. “This is a little later than I had hoped, but it is welcome news. The tips won’t be fully open – they won’t take paint or asbestos, for example – but this will take the strain off householders. I have […]
With advertising budgets dropping through the floor, I am arguing hard along with Liberal-Democrat MP, Alistair Carmichael, with the Cabinet to support local newspapers and news websites” says Michael Fabricant. “The Lichfield Mercury has already suspended newspaper production as have many other local newspapers across the West Midlands and the rest of the UK. It’s […]
The Telegraph April 24th, 2020 Once in a generation or so, cataclysmic events transpire which shape the future in unimaginable ways. This pandemic is one such event. Just as we separate the periods of terrorism between pre and post 9/11, history might well divide our society into pre and post Coronavirus eras. But the […]
“Yoxall will be getting its Post Office back” says Michael Fabricant. “It will be re-opening in a new location – just a third of a mile from its original location. While there isn’t an opening date set yet, this is excellent news from the Post Office Limited. “The new Post Office will open at Yoxall Village […]
Conservative Home April 17th, 2020 Donald Trump’s decision to halt US funding to the World Health Organization over its mishandling of the Coronavirus pandemic is just the latest in a long line of spats between the US and the UN and its agencies. With Donald Trump at the helm, there is now even a […]
Michael Fabricant has joined forces with Liberal Democrat MP, Sarah Olney, and has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, asking for stricter controls over payments to smaller businesses. “Having been in business before I became an MP, I am well aware that a positive cash flow – as well as profitability – […]
Thursday April 9th, 2020 What has happened to Boris shows that anyone can catch Covid-19. “Our behaviour as individuals will be key to halting the coronavirus”, says Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant writing for the Mercury It was terrible, if not frightening, to hear that Boris Johnson had been taken into intensive care. Whether you […]
Thursday March 26th, 2020 There will be darkness before there is light but we will get through this “It will get worse before it gets better, but we will get over this”, says Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant writing for the Mercury Perhaps more than any other health service worldwide, the NHS has conducted extensive […]
Despite the Coronavirus emergency, HS2 Ltd has confirmed to the Woodland Trust that it will begin destroying the Fulfen Wood near Lichfield, an ancient woodland, from April. Michael Fabricant says “This wanton act of desecration will destroy at least an acre of ancient woodland which contains both common and soprano pipistrelles bats and occasional Myotis […]