A YOUNG constituent wrote to me expressing considerable anger. “I, alongside other young people of Birkenhead, am receiving scandalous car insurance quotes that are nearly pricing us out of driving”. He wanted to know what I was going to do. I started di

ARE WE becoming insensitive to the neglect and even cruelty suffered by perhaps large numbers of children? This is a question I’ve been pondering over for quite some time. It’s no use simply blaming social services. They are over worked and under resourc

THE Liverpool City Region’s Child Poverty and Life Chances Commission published its first report last week, but will it make any difference? Will it lead to real change? The commission was established by the City’s Regional Cabinet and they asked me to c

8 February 2012 Last updated at 14:01 ET Mr Field has called for a balanced debate into how contracts are managed Birkenhead MP Frank Field said poor management at Wirral Council has cost the borough millions in lost grants. The Labour politician told th

AFTER another turbulent week for Wirral Council and just ahead of what is expected to be another damning report into its management the authority faced calls by MP Frank Field for the Government to step in to bring “decisive change” in its management. In

THERE are real problems with our Local Authority. Much public attention has been focused on politicians, but I believe we are missing a bigger issue. I have had the privilege of representing Birkenhead for well over three decades. Over this time I have b

THERE are real problems with our Local Authority. Much public attention has been focused on politicians, but I believe we are missing a bigger issue. I have had the privilege of representing Birkenhead for well over three decades. Over this time I have b

A MERSEYSIDE MP called on the Government to step in and bring “decisive change” to the senior management of Wirral Council. Frank Field said “crass inefficiency” of chief council officers had led to the authority losing out on £60m of grants. The Birkenh

BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field is to use a Parliamentary debate to call for senior managers “who have failed Wirral” to be forced out. Embattled Wirral Council is bracing itself for more criticism in Parliament as the Birkenhead MP is due to lead a debate cal

LABOUR learned one big lesson from the £26,000 cap on benefits debate. The Tories did not. Let me rewind the film. Last year, the Tories introduced a huge Welfare Reform Bill. It had one main aim – to change attitudes about work. Large numbers of claiman

An Early Day Motion has been filed in the House of Commons by Frank Field, MP. That this House welcomes the moves by the General Synod of the Church of England to pass legislation permitting women to be bishops; notes that the Synod has now concluded its

Foot in mouth by complaining that the cabinet of millionaires were not suitable for a ‘class war on bankers’ but asking that he must think the corollary that the Shadow Cabinet is the body to do it. Class war from a millionaire Labour leader? Sounds norm

I CHAIR the Liverpool City Region Child Poverty and Life Chances Commission and the press have got hold of one of our recommendations. It concerns a minimum pricing for alcohol. The recommendation is partly in response to the representations many of you

The outgoing chief executive of a Midlands-based housing association has slammed attempts by a Labour MP to build legislation that is based on "isolated incidents". He was referring to Birkenhead MP Frank Field's Ten-Minute Rule Bill - introduced in the

ARE we English returning to the norm? And is it a norm that is not very nice? I raise this question in the light of the study which the University of Essex has undertaken into our integrity as citizens. The study shows that driving while drunk, having an

Labour MP Frank Field has targeted fairness in housing association allocations in a new bill introduced to the House of Commons under the Ten Minute Rule Motion. The bill would ensure that the allocation of social housing is done on the basis of giving p

BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field's recent idea of extending right-to-buy options to housing association and remaining council house tenants is good in that it increases self-sufficiency. But first, out on their ears and with no purchase choice, should be the su

THREE aspects of local housing association policy makes many of you angry. The first is how houses are allocated. Many of you feel that constituents who don’t play by the rules, get the best housing when it becomes available. The Bill I introduced on Tue

SCARCE social housing would be awarded to people who can prove they are good citizens, under a Bill put forward by a Mersey MP. And housing associations would face punishment if they failed to tell tenants that they were being offered a home next to a “n