Frank Field MP

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Frank Field calls on the government to focus on tackling modern slavery

Press Release - 22 April 2013

Frank Field spoke at the launch of an exhibition on modern slavery opened by the Prime Minister in Parliament which aims to highlight the hidden nature of modern slavery and open politicians’ eyes to the shocking fact that there are more people enslaved in the world today - almost 30 million - than at the height of the slave trade.

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Boarding school offers neglected children hope

Article - Published in The Independent - 25 April 2013

An underclass has been established in this country.

These reforms cannot stop the welfare treadmill

Article - Published in The Sunday Times - 21 April 2013

It is against a background of embedded dependency that the government’s latest set of welfare reforms need to be judged.

What would Thatcher do today about . . . the rich

Article - Published in The Times - 18 April 2013

The affluent and the multinationals are not behaving as she would have.

Reclaiming welfare

Article - Published in The Guardian - 11 April 2013

Labour's answer to the problem of how to make work pay cannot be yet more tax credits

Britain can’t afford this level of immigration

Article - Published in The Telegraph - 28 March 2013

The Coalition is making headway in tackling large-scale immigration, but it needs to do far more.

Frank calls on the Government to lead an effort at the UN to secure an in-depth investigation into human rights violations in North Korea

Press Release - 05 March 2013

Frank has today called on the Government to lead an effort at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva later this month to secure an in-depth investigation into human rights violations in North Korea.

I have always voted the way I thought was right

Article - Published in The Liverpool Echo - 04 March 2013

Sometimes a letter from one of my constituents stops me in my tracks. I guessed that voting for gay marriage would cost votes. And so it should be if some voters believe this to be a determining issue at the general election.