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# Lichfield MP tables questions to Chancellor over need for more support to help people living on the breadline
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-tables-questions-to-chancellor-over-need-for-more-support-to-help-people-living-on-the-breadline/
- Published: 2022-05-16T10:06:22.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-16T10:06:31.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has said people on the breadline cannot afford to wait for changes to benefits to come into line with inflation.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:11, News

Lichfield’s MP has said people on the breadline cannot afford to wait for changes to benefits to come into line with inflation.

Michael Fabricant said he had tabled Parliamentary questions with both Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Therese Coffey.

It comes after the Conservative MP met with volunteers from Lichfield Foodbank over the weekend.

He told *Lichfield Live* that while the use of such facilities was relatively low in Lichfield, the figure should be even lower.

> “I had a very useful meeting with the chair and other volunteers of Lichfield Foodbank on Saturday where we agreed a number of practical steps that can be taken to reduce foodbank usage which while low – around only 0.5% in the city of Lichfield – ought to be lower, if not non-existent.  
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> “In particular, at the foodbank’s suggestion, I have this morning tabled Parliamentary Questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions urging them to uprate benefits immediately in line with inflation rather than in the Autumn which is the usual time for such changes.   
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> “I believe this is necessary as the rate of inflation due to the war in Ukraine and the embargo on Russian oil has caused world grain and fuel prices to soar. People on the breadline cannot afford to wait until later this year.  
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> “I will also be taking other steps and look forward to working with the foodbank as and when the need arises.”  
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> Michael Fabricant

Mr Fabricant has previously called for people not to weaponise food banks.

He said global figures on the use of such facilities showed that the issue was not national or political one.

> “Foodbanks exist worldwide and I now understand there are over 2,000 food banks in Germany – the richest nation in the EU – alone.  
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> “So I think it important not to politicise foodbank usage. MPs of all parties should be able to work together on this.   
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> “In the meantime, I encourage everyone to donate non-perishable goods at their local supermarkets and I congratulate those volunteers who work at food banks.”  
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> Michael Fabricant