Frank Field
Frank Field saw benefit in the Lib Dems. In this election year, Labour would be wise to do the same | Martin Kettle
The late elder statesman understood the need for a progressive realignment of British politics. That prize shouldn’t be lost, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Martin Kettle
25, Apr, 2024 @7:00 AM
‘He made politics human’: Birkenhead mourns beloved MP Frank Field
At community centre where politician would make himself at home, there is gratitude for his work and sadness at his death
Josh Halliday North of England editor
24, Apr, 2024 @4:49 PM
Sunak claims defence spending plan won’t affect government’s ability to cut taxes – as it happened
Prime minister gives joint press conference with Olaf Scholz and denies misleading people over spending plans
Andrew Sparrow
24, Apr, 2024 @4:18 PM
Lord Field of Birkenhead obituary
MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and former Labour minister who was asked to ‘think the unthinkable’ about welfare reform
Dennis Kavanagh
24, Apr, 2024 @2:36 PM
Share your memories of former Labour minister Frank Field
We would like to hear from people on whose lives the welfare campaigner had an impact
Guardian community team
24, Apr, 2024 @10:18 AM
Frank Field: ‘It’s a strange experience taking so long to die’
The former Labour MP, now living with terminal cancer, has written a memoir of his colourful career. He talks about his faith, his contrarian spirit – and what he learned from his friend ‘Mrs T’
Tim Adams
29, Jan, 2023 @11:00 AM
Audrey Maxwell-Timmins obituary
Other lives: Journalist who was instrumental in helping clergy wives get a better deal after marriage breakdowns
Nicholas Timmins
10, Nov, 2022 @4:42 PM
Ex-MP Frank Field reveals terminal illness as he backs assisted dying
Peer says in statement at assisted dying bill reading he changed his mind on issue after seeing a friend die of cancer
Lucy Campbell
22, Oct, 2021 @5:26 PM
Courts shouldn’t be a political chamber | Letter
Letter: Frank Field praises Lady Hale, the retiring president of the supreme court, but sounds a note of caution
Letters
20, Dec, 2019 @5:48 PM
Welfare failures and cuts fuelling extreme poverty, MPs say
Heidi Allen and Frank Field say families haunted by ‘constant spectre of destitution’
Patrick Butler
10, Jul, 2019 @11:01 PM
Will new John Lewis boss ditch Never Knowingly Undersold?
Only a rank outsider like new chairman Sharon White could stop the age-old price-pledge battering profits
Zoe Wood
07, Jun, 2019 @4:08 PM
Arcadia closures to 'substantially exceed' 23 originally expected
Twenty-five Evans and Miss Selfridge stores to close as part of Philip Green’s rescue plan with job losses higher than stated
Zoe Wood and Sarah Butler
24, May, 2019 @5:43 PM
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