Pensions campaigner and former WPC chair Frank Field dies aged 81
Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field has died aged 81, his family has announced.
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Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field has died aged 81, his family has announced.
MP for Birkenhead for 40 years and former Labour minister who was asked to ‘think the unthinkable’ about welfare reform
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