Following the news that a shortage of funds at the Strategic Rail Authority has resulted in the plan to upgrade 65 midlands railway stations being slashed to a mere three (they are: Erdington, Four Oaks, and Lichfield City), Michael Fabricant wrote to the Chairman of the SRA asking why Lichfield Trent Valley had been taken […]
Following success in getting BT exchanges enabled for broadband, Michael Fabricant is now calling on villagers in the midlands who cannot be supplied broadband by BT phone line because of the relative remoteness of their location, to form action groups and investigate alternative technologies. "This is not as hard as it may seem" says Michael […]
"Instead of telling Alstom workers to stop ‘making the mistake of talking down British manufacturing’ today, Patricia Hewitt should tell the 200 Alstom workers who have travelled down to Bournemouth in 40 year old rail carriages for the Labour Party Conference what action the Government will take to fight for the 1,000 jobs due to […]
The Post Office has accelerated its 3 year national programme of closing up to a third of all urban Post Offices and hopes to complete all closures by 2004. And now the Post Office will soon announce which, if any, of the 6 post offices in Lichfield and 4 in Burntwood will be earmarked for […]
With the news that the Government has given the green light to Morrison’s to take over the Safeway chain of supermarkets, Michael Fabricant says "I am seeking assurances from Morrison’s that jobs will be safe at the Burntwood and Lichfield stores. The Government has decided that they will only permit the Morrison’s take-over of the […]
Michael Fabricant today welcomed Sweden’s ‘Nej till Euron’ – ‘No to the Euro’ vote. "I am sure that our Labour Government will have taken note of this" says Michael Fabricant. "The Swedes like the British are not convinced of the economic benefits of joining the Euro. "Meanwhile, I am still pressing the Government to conduct […]
Lichfield Cathedral will be promoted by Screen West Midlands (SWM) when producers from around the world descend on Birmingham later this month for the European AudioVisual Entrepreneurs Conference. And SWM, and arm of the British Film Council, have suggested that Lichfield Cathedral and the surrounding streets along with the caves at Hawkstone Park in Shropshire, […]
Michael Fabricant is urging Staffordshire Fire Chiefs not to impose fixed speed limits on fire engines off on emergency calls. This follows the West Midlands fire service decision this month to restrict engines en route to an incident to stay under 45 in 30 zones, and under 80 on the motorway. Over recent years many […]
Michael Fabricant’s website had 788,424 hits during the period August 2002 to July 2003 it was revealed today. Many were from abroad – particularly the United States and Australia. Strangely, 43 hits came in July from surfers using search engines like Google looking for references to ‘Inspector Lockhart’ of No Hiding Place fame – the […]
Michael Fabricant has expressed his "anger" at the Strategic Rail Authority’s decision to abandon plans to give disabled access to Lichfield Trent Valley Railway Station and says "This is a direct consequence of the botched decision to renationalise Railtrack a couple of years back. "I had been assured by the SRA that the upgrade of […]