Michael Fabricant, who is Patron of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, visited the restoration site on Saturday 9th June and attended the Trust’s AGM in Brownhills the previous evening. Michael says “I visited a number of locations where work is being undertaken to restore the canals and I was accompanied by Christine Bull, […]
Michael Fabricant says “With all the heartache, blighting of properties, and disruption to our daily lives to come, it’s time to be getting back something from HS2 – and there’s a way to do it! “The HS2 Community Environmental Fund is little known as yet but aims to pay back the community in part for […]
Michael Fabricant attended the We Love Lichfield Summer Give-Away at The George Hotel in Lichfield this morning (Friday 8th June 2018) where £25,000 worth of grants were given away to numerous local self help groups. “From being founded just a few years ago, We Love Lichfield now awards around £25,000 worth of grants twice a […]
Michael Fabricant joined forces with Labour MP, Bambos Charalambous (MP for Enfield Southgate) today (23rd May 2018) to provide for additional help for the growing national hospice movement. Michael says “The St Giles Hospice – whose headquarters is in Whittington near Lichfield – supports over 7,000 people each year from its four sites in Whittington, […]
Michael Fabricant was out and about this morning in Hammerwich helping Hammerwich Parish Councillors and volunteers from Walsall Ramblers Club clear up vegetation and litter from public footpaths and rights of way. “This was a long standing engagement which I had been looking forward to” says Michael. “As a very keen walker, I know how […]
Michael Fabricant guested on The Wright Stuff for 2 hours on Channel 5 yesterday morning (16th May 2018) alongside host Matthew Wright and Jordan Peterson (author and a Canadian professor of psychology) and Sophie Walker (leader of the Women’s Equality Party). “This was a great opportunity to promote the Lichfield constituency on the national […]
Michael Fabricant today (25th April 2018) met officers and men of the Royal Navy and was met with a challenge: “Can a team from southern Staffordshire design a vessel that can rescue 1,000 people from the sea?” Michael explains “Students, individually or in small teams, should be allowed one month to complete the challenge, and must then submit an A3 poster with […]
Fabricant challenges Transport Secretary Michael Fabricant sought reassurance from the Secretary of State for Transport yesterday (19th April) in the House of Commons regarding the future for train services on the West Coast Mainline once HS2 is completed. “I and commuters have been worried with talk about more freight traffic being shifted onto the West […]
“I am relieved that the Fire Authority has decided not to waste even more taxpayers’ money by challenging the Home Secretary’s decision to merge the governance of the police and fire services” says Michael Fabricant. “They had been planning to call a judicial review into the decision which would have been very costly. “I have […]
Michael Fabricant awarded long service awards today (24th March 2018) to members of the Lichfield Society of Artists which was founded in 1945. Michael, who is Patron of the Society, presented certificates to Susan Price, Brian Ebrey (shown in photo) and John Wood. Michael says “Once again, the Lichfield Society of Artists have demonstrated the huge […]