Michael Fabricant today expressed his disappointment with the local government funding allocations announced by Minister, Nick Raynsford in the House of Commons today. While the Government boasted that there would be an increase in funding, they failed to mention that Government demands on local government have put up council running costs dramatically. "The increase of […]
Rail Minister, Kim Howells, agreed in the House of Commons today to meet members of the Lichfield Commuters Group when they meet in the House of Commons early next year. In questions to the Department for Transport, Michael Fabricant told the Minister about the unreliability of trains travelling on the West Coast Main Line, the […]
The Right Honourable Theresa May MP was the guest speaker on Thursday (13th November) night at The George Hotel, Bird Street, Lichfield for grand Annual Dinner of the Lichfield Constituency Conservative Association. Mrs May was, until last week, the Chairman of the Conservative Party and is now Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment and […]
Michael Fabricant, appointed back in June by Iain Duncan Smith as the Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry, has been appointed Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs by Michael Howard and Michael has been given new responsibilities. His enlarged brief – just announced – broadly includes the previous position he held shadowing the DTI, but now […]
Michael Fabricant has praised recent efforts in Birmingham to support Fairtrade and has called for action from the companies and government with the power to change the coffee market to match it. Prices paid to coffee farmers are languishing at their lowest for 30 years, but the people of Lichfield are doing their bit for […]
Michael Fabricant has expressed alarm at a probable major Council Tax hike next year in Staffordshire following a letter that has been written to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott by the Local Government Association outlining their fears about an £800million funding deficit. "The situation is particularly bad in Staffordshire where we receive a shortfall of […]
Michael Fabricant received a petition today (Saturday 8th November) from the Campaign Against the Arms Trade signed by 525 residents of Lichfield Whittington and Hints. Michael will now send these to Prime Minister Tony Blair for his response. Michael shares many of these concerns. "Having worked in Africa, I am only too aware that the […]
Following the shock news that despite Staffordshire being almost at the bottom of the schools funding table with schools in Slough, for example, receiving almost twice as much as those in Staffordshire schools and some others in the midlands, the Schools Minister has told Michael that local education authorities must approach the Government if they […]
Michael Fabricant tonight expressed his disappointment that controls cannot be in place to control the sale of fireworks this Bonfire Night despite a law being in place. "Will a child be maimed or killed as a consequence?" he asks. Tough laws to clamp down on irresponsible sales of fireworks to children will not be in […]
Michael Fabricant has reacted with disbelief to a letter he has received from the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Kim Howells which, Michael Fabricant says: "tells the disabled to catch a bus, if they can’t get on the train!" Michael Fabricant adds "I had written to the Department of Transport when the […]