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
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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