Frank Field

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Name: Frank Field

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Leicester defends voting records in the Lords against Field’s criticism

THE Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Tim Stevens, has rebutted accusations by a senior Labour politician that the Lords Spiritual engage in "gesture politics", and do not participate enough in parliamentary debates and votes.Writing in The Independent, ... [Published ChurchTimes - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Frank Field, Leicester, Tim Stevens

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Social Democratic and Labour party

The list of MPs who voted for the Tim Loughton amendment were:

Conservative: 56 Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Peter Aldous (Waveney), Steven Baker (Wycombe), Andrew Bingham (High Peak), Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West), Andrew Bridgen (Leicestershire North West), Steve Brine (Winchester), Robert Buckland (Swindon ... [Published Telegraph - May 21 2013]

Entities: Tim Loughton, Elmet & Rothwell, Joe Benton, David Crausby, Social Democratic and Labour party

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

A smattering of a truth from Labour...!

It has been revealed in the press that Peter Mandelson has finally admitted that the Labour party 'sent out search parties' in order to bring immigrants to Britain after losing the votes of the working class.This policy of actively encouraging mass immigration ... [Published British National Party - May 21 2013]

Entities: The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Peter Mandelson, Immigration

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Irish grads sting UK for college fees

Irish students who studied in the UK and who have failed to repay more than €4.3m in student loans are to be tracked down by private investigators hired by the British government, the Sunday Independent can reveal. Authorities have confirmed that Irish ... [Published Irish Independent - May 19 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom, European Union, Corroboration, Andrew Percy, Frank Field

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

Frank Field: Labour must u-turn on welfare policy

Labour MP Frank Field tells the BBC's World at One that Lbaour should u-turn on their welfare policy. ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 14 2013]

Entities: Frank Field, Social Welfare, BBC British Broadcasting Corp

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 3 reports

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

Europe - That Tory row 'made simple'

It is clear that some people are finding the current Tory wrangling about Europe hard to follow. So, in the spirit of those bluffers' guides, let me see if I can help.The Conservatives are going to publish draft legislation establishing an EU referendum ... [Published BBC - May 14 2013]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Referendum, European Union, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 4 reports

European Union

Foreign students owe £50m for loans

TAXPAYERS face a bill of more than Â£50million for unpaid student loans made to foreigners from European Union countries, it emerged last night. The Student Loans Company is desperately trying to claw back cash from foreign students Private investigators ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 13 2013]

Entities: Andrew Percy, European Union, United Kingdom

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Exclusive: Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, urged to scrap most bishops' seats in House of Lords

A senior MP has called for most of the 25 bishops who sit in the House of Lords to lose their seats because they play "gesture politics" but rarely turn up to vote. Frank Field, a former Labour minister and ex-member of the Church of England General Synod, ... [Published The Independent - May 09 2013]

Entities: Frank Field, House of Lords, Justin Welby

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 5 reports

Birkenhead MP Frank Field blasts former PM Gordon Brown as a 'fool'

Birkenhead MP Frank Field has denounced his party's policy on tax credits while in power as "lunacy".In an interview with the Spectator magazine, the former Labour welfare minister said his party removed the incentive for people to work while in Gove ... [Published Wirral Globe - May 03 2013]

Entities: Frank Field, Child Benefits, Gordon Brown

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Frank Field: Labour government failed on welfare

Senior Labour MP warns the party is still behind the debate on benefits. ... [Published Telegraph - May 02 2013]

Entities: Frank Field, Social Welfare

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Frank Field: Courses should be tailored to students who need them

LARGE numbers of young people leave school and enter unemployment. It is as true in Birkenhead as it is in the rest of the country. So what are we going to do about it?Studies on where children end up in life show that probably at the age of three years, ... [Published Wirral News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Frank Field, Metropolitan College, Education, Wirral

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Frank Field: Benefits claimants don't feel it pays to work

Former Welfare Reform Minister Frank Field says that many benefit claimants don't feel it pays to work. ... [Published PoliticsHome - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Frank Field, Claimant, Social Welfare

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Parliamentary Answers – to the 25th April 2013 [Published Think Defence - May 06 2013] This is a regular round up of Parliamentary questions and answers from ministers relevant to defence issues. In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can ask government ministers questions for written answer. These are often used to obtain detailed ...
Frank Field interview: Labour needs to do somet... [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - May 02 2013] There’s one government adviser who still feels Steve Hilton’s absence very keenly indeed. ‘He was always thinking ahead, how do we set the debate rather than endlessly react to it, that was why he was such a delight to work for. All the time he was racing ...
Gove's boarding academy borders on the ridiculous [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 28 2013] The Durand school in Sussex is an experiment that will be about as accessible as Hogwarts to most pupils With his surname out of a Billy Bunter story and views on race dating even further back in British history, Mr John Cherry , Chichester and West ...
How Labour can reclaim welfare \| Frank Field [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 11 2013] The party's answer to the Conservatives, and the problem of how to make work pay, cannot be yet more tax credits Labour's fightback on welfare has begun. But merely to state that is to shout the size of the potential political catastrophe facing the ...
Baroness Thatcher is dead. [Published Crooked Timber - Apr 08 2013] I presume it is a bit silly to point to any obituaries. So, instead, a heartwarming story. A few weeks before he died Eric Heffer, in one of his last interviews, Eric Heffer told a story against Neil Kinnock. (If you are too young to remember Heffer, ...