Frank Field
Frank Field has been Labour MP for Birkenhead since 1979. From 1997 to 1998 he was Minister for Welfare Reform
Articles by Frank Field
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Politics
Hurrah for Harriet
- 20 August 2009
- 6 comments
There is an alternative to drifting into horrendous defeat, but Labour must seize the moment. The party’s deputy leader showed how
Politics
The struggle for survival
- 13 August 2009
- 1 comment
Whitehall needs a new Securities Department that will deal with the growing threats beyond terrorism
UK Politics
How Labour can win
- 17 April 2009
- 4 comments
If the government continues as it is now my guess is that voters will machine gun us down as we come over the top of our political trenches once the election is called
Politics
Labour veteran slates 'open door' immigration
- 18 October 2007
- 5 comments
The economic benefit of immigration is miniscule compared to the cost argues Frank Field as he lays into Labour's 'open door' policy
Books
The state we're in
- 31 October 2005
Talk to the Hand: the utter bloody rudeness of everyday life Lynne Truss Profile Books, 214pp, £9.99 ISBN 1861979339
Ideas
NS Essay 1 - People no longer have the confidence to follow their own consciences
- 15 December 2003
Our big problem is not crime but yobbery and the loss of common decency. Police, schools and the welfare system can make the British respectable again
Politics
How to win over the pensioners
- 25 September 2000
Frank Field offers the Chancellor a new idea for concentrating help on the elderly poor without means-testing their benefits
Politics
Don't ignore the core, Tony
- 16 August 1999
Labour may not need the votes of the poor to get re-elected, but it is dangerous to abandon traditional principles, warns Frank Field
Politics
A hand-up or a put-down for the poor?
- 27 November 1998
Frank Field fears that the welfare reform bill will take us deeper into a means-testing morass
