Frank Field has served as Member of Parliament for Birkenhead since 1979. In 1990 he took up the chairmanship of the Social Security Select Committee. He was Tony Blair’s first Minister for Welfare Reform. In 2010 he was appointed by the Prime Minister to lead the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances. He now chairs the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryExtension to Michael Dottridge's ‘How did we get the Modern Slavery Act’Frank Field, Labour MP for Birkenhead and a driving force at the heart of the Modern Slavery bill, gives a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGeorge Osborne's new Poor Law and how Labour should respondGeorge Osborne’s introduction of a National Living Wage has overturned two centuries of Poor Law policy in Britain.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Public Service Broadcasting ForumFrank Field sets out the reasoning behind the launch of the Public Service Broadcasting Forum