Press releases

Commenting on reports that the Government is considering plans to tighten immigration controls for non-EU students, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said:

Wednesday 4th February 2009

Frank Field MP today called for a debate on the UK's strategy in Afghanistan, lead by the Prime Minister, to be held early in the new session of Parliament.

Tuesday 10th November 2009

Andrew Neather, a former senior adviser to Tony Blair, David Blunkett and Jack Straw, has today revealed the secret political agenda which lay behind the Government's loosening of Britain's immigration controls.

Monday 26th October 2009

In response to Jack Straw's statement on tonight's BBC Question Time, Frank Field said:

Friday 23rd October 2009

New official statistics published today show that immigration will add just under 7 million people to the UK's population in the next 25 years - equivalent to seven cities the size of Birmingham.

Wednesday 21st October 2009

Reaction to PM's speech

Tuesday 29th September 2009

In an address tonight at The Willis Partnership, Frank Field said:"Now that the Prime Minister has joined the land of the living, the cuts debate has first to centre on timing and secondly on content.

Thursday 17th September 2009

Commenting on the Government's announcement to build 2,000 council houses across England - billed as "the biggest of its kind over the past 20 years" - the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP said:

Thursday 10th September 2009

Commenting the Home Office consultation "Earning the right to stay: A new Points Based Test for citizenship", the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP said:

Tuesday 4th August 2009

A Budget amendment has been put down to guarantee compensation for 10p losers

Saturday 4th July 2009

Commenting on proposals contained in "Building Britain's Future", the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, said: . . .

Tuesday 30th June 2009

Frank Field, founder of Cool Earth, welcomed the Prime Minister's speech at London Zoo today as a step forward in the international battle against climate change. The Prime Minister called on the rich countries of the world to commit to funding £60bn per year to help fund adaptation measures in poorer countries against future climate change.

Friday 26th June 2009

A YouGov poll released today shows that more than a third of people who voted in the EU elections named immigration as one of the issues which most influenced their vote.

Monday 8th June 2009

Yesterday Frank Field, the Labour Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, published his latest book: a review of the importance of character in politics. The book concentrates on the former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

Monday 1st June 2009

A new poll has found that more than 7 out of 10 adults want immigration cut by over 80%. Just 1 in 20 adults support the current level.

Tuesday 19th May 2009

In response to the taxation, expenditure and borrowing figures contained in Budget 2009, Frank Field MP today, with Vince Cable MP, tabled an EDM calling on the House of Commons to establish a special committee to begin detailing the changes necessary to balance the national accounts.

Tuesday 28th April 2009

Commenting on today's Home Office announcement that the Workers Registration Scheme will be continued until 2011, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration said:

Wednesday 8th April 2009

In response to the news today that one quarter of UK colleges who have applied to admit overseas students have been denied a license by the Home Office, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, co-chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said:

Tuesday 31st March 2009

Population explosion requires a new Birmingham to be built "every two or two and a half years"Phil Woolas is today challenged to confirm figures published by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) which show that the UK's population will hit 70 million within the next 25 years.

Thursday 26th March 2009

Today Frank Field MP releases calculations showing that today's claimant count figure released by the ONS is probably an underestimate. Each month the ONS revises the previous month's figures to seasonally adjust them. In recent months the ONS have always revised their figures upwards.

Wednesday 18th March 2009

In response to the new figures showing that immigration now accounts for 39 per cent of household formation, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, co-chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said:

Friday 13th March 2009

The UN world population projections, issued today, show that Britain is expected to be the third largest recipient of foreign migrants in the world, after the US and Canada.

Wednesday 11th March 2009

Commenting on today's figures on the Worker Registration Scheme, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP said:

Tuesday 24th February 2009

Commenting on reports that the Government is considering plans to tighten immigration controls for non-EU students, Frank Field MP and Nicholas Soames MP, the Co-Chairmen of the Cross Party Group on Balanced Migration, said:

Wednesday 4th February 2009

The Lindsey Oil Refinery Dispute - Urgent Question Refused

Monday 2nd February 2009

Today's Welfare Reform Bill was drafted for another economic era.

Tuesday 27th January 2009

Commenting on the Bill's publication tomorrow, 15 January 2009, Frank Field and Nicholas Soames said:

Wednesday 14th January 2009

In relation to the strikes across Britain, Frank Field, MP for Birkenhead, said:

Saturday 31st January 2009

Jobs Summit

Monday 12th January 2009