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# Lichfield MP called “shameful” over comments on suicides linked to lack of financial support during coronavirus crisis
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-called-shameful-over-comments-on-suicides-linked-to-lack-of-financial-support-during-coronavirus-crisis/
- Published: 2020-12-09T11:19:05.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-09T11:21:28.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has been called “shameful” after saying claims of suicide among people excluded from Government support measures during the coronavirus crisis have been debunked.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

Lichfield’s MP has been called “shameful” after saying claims a lack of Government support measures during the coronavirus crisis had led to suicides had been debunked.

Michael Fabricant made his comments in an email to a member of the Excluded UK group.

The organisation – which is campaigning for more support for 3million businesses and individuals it says have not been supported during the pandemic – criticised the Conservative MP’s response.

It comes after the SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford said people had taken their own lives because they had not been given any support:

Mr Fabricant wrote in his reply to the Excluded UK member:

> “It is very easy for those not responsible for the nation’s finances to ask for more and more additional funds.  
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> “While I have huge sympathy for the self-employed, the Treasury has to balance up the short and long term gains and losses to the economy every time more taxpayer expenditure is asked of them.  
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> “With regard to claims regarding suicides relating to this issue, these have been debunked as other factors were involved.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP

A spokesperson for Excluded UK said the MP’s comments were “shameful”.

> “I can promise the suicides haven’t been ‘debunked’ – I have attended one of the funerals myself.  
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> “We are also not asking for additional funds, we are asking for the same as others.”  
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> Excluded UK spokesperson