Frank Field (UK politician)
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The Right Honourable Frank Field is a British politician, and Labour MP for Birkenhead. He is a member of the Privy Council.
During the 1970s he was Director of Child Poverty Action Group, and of the Low Pay Unit. He became MP for Birkenhead at the 1979 general election. After the 1997 election he became Minister of Welfare Reform at the Department of Social Security.
Widely regarded as one of the most intelligent Labour MPs as evidenced by his performances at select commitees and a solid performer in the media during the 1980s and 1990s he was given the task of 'thinking the unthinkable' in terms of social security reform.
He clashed with treasurer Gordon Brown, and his boss Harriet Harman, and was sacked in 1998. He is now a vocal critic of the government from the backbenches, notably voting against Foundation Hospitals in November 2003.
External links
- Frank Field (http://www.frankfield.co.uk/) official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Frank Field MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1704,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Frank Field MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/frank_field/birkenhead)