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Birkenhead asked with a collective voice for our vital care services at the Miriam Medical Centre to be protected and strengthened. Today, our voice has been heard.

Millions of pounds allocated by the Government to feed some of the poorest children in the country is unaccounted for, according to a new report being published today.

Birkenhead’s MP Frank Field is calling for a renewed effort from the Government to eliminate pensioner poverty in Wirral, by ensuring eligible households are receiving their full Pension Credit entitlement of between £50 and £55 a week.

The government’s aim should be to retain a universal TV licence exemption for over-75s, as well as a universal winter fuel payment. This is the most effective method of ensuring those pensioners in need of support continue receiving it. ?However, as part of each scheme, arrangements should be made for those who wish to do so to be given the option of contributing sums on a voluntary basis, equivalent to what they would have received in exemptions or allowances, into a national fund that pays for less well-off families of working age either to gain exemption from licence fees or to receive help with their fuel bills.

Birkenhead’s MP Frank Field is seeking an immediate increase in Government funding for Merseyside Police, on the back of data from the House of Commons Library showing that, between 2010 and 2018: – The number of full time equivalent (FTE) police officers employed by Merseyside Police decreased by 24.5%; from 4,516, to 3,409. The average decrease across England and Wales was 14.8%. – The number of reported crimes in Merseyside increased by 25%. The increases ranged from 50% in Wirral, to 34% in Halton, 26% in St Helens, 22% in Liverpool, 21% in Sefton, and 12% in Knowsley.

Shortfall in number of affordable houses built on church land

In the next stage of his campaign to boost manufacturing in Merseyside, Birkenhead’s MP Frank Field is encouraging small and medium sized firms to sign up for new specialist support being rolled out across the North West.

Secretary of State accused of treating tragic Liverpool man like ‘a lost package’ after internal review

FCA under pressure from MPs over guidance ‘not of an acceptable standard’

Frank asked for this data after helping an Oxton resident, who was served an ASBO for failing to cut back three trees in his garden to such a height that they would have died. On the back of the data supplied by the Council, he is asking them to enforce a policy of reforestation.

Birkenhead residents seeking urgent help can now access free hotlines in different locations across the town.

Frank has offered trees provided by the Woodland Trust to over 100 archdeacons and area deans so they can link a local church to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy.

The Prime Minister’s announcement on tackling modern slavery is a welcome start – but if we are to truly end this evil we must act decisively, writes Frank Field

Joint letter to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Amber Rudd MP

The bill has attracted support from 30 MPs

Independent Labour MP Frank Field has written to The Pensions Regulator asking how it will ensure the Arcadia pension scheme deficit will continue to be reduced.

Letter sent to Michelle Bachelet Jeria regarding the Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Frank Field has written to trust chief executive Janelle Holmes demanding urgent steps must be taken to end the harassment – which some staff say is forcing them to quit the health service.

BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field is seeking an urgent inquiry into the effects of the two-child limit and whether it disproportionately impacts families belonging to different faith groups.

Frank Field has let fly a new tirade against Sir Philip Green, the embattled retail boss he doggedly pursued over the collapse of BHS, to demand that he puts up his personal fortune to guarantee the pensions of Arcadia staff.

Independent MP Frank Field, chairman of the committee, said: ‘We will be asking why the pension scheme for everyone else at Lloyds isn’t good enough for him, and how he therefore answers the charge that this is another example of sheer greed. A number of staff at the bank have written to us to say there is deep unease.’

Review chairman Frank Field MP said: “Modern slavery is one of humanity’s greatest evils: involving human trafficking, forced labour, domestic servitude and sexual exploitation. But there are still sadly too few convictions being handed down for the new offences prosecuted under the act, and too few slavery and trafficking prevention and risk orders are in place to restrict offender activity.”

Details of meals and activities for children during the May school holiday

Birkenhead MP Frank Field has taken up the case, alongside the ECHO.

A government representative has accepted a request from Birkenhead’s MP Frank Field to visit the town and assess the potential for a major programme of infrastructure investment and job creation.

Frank Field and Labour’s Rachel Reeves – chairs of the pensions and business committees respectively – have written to the banking giant to raise alarm over the discrepancy between the bank chief’s pension allowance compared to everyday staff.

Alice Thomson issues a rallying cry for the government to rescue the life chances of children born into the most disadvantaged households

Birkenhead’s MP Frank Field has today written to dozens of manufacturing firms in Merseyside seeking their ideas for new policies that will enable them to grow, create jobs, and generate prosperity for our region.

Frank Field writes to Amber Rudd to call for probe into ‘injustice’ of six-stone Liverpool man denied benefits

MP Frank Field calls on government to investigate infant mortality in low income groups in 2015 and 2016