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    Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir
    Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir
    Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir
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    Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir

    By Frank Field

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    'For the past half-century Frank Field has been an outstanding parliamentarian, social reformer and champion of the disadvantaged. He joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and was expelled from it at the age of 78.' -Brian & Rachel Griffiths

    'Frank Field is one of the most important, iconoclastic and remarkable politicians of his generation. This book is told with his Christian belief, regrets and all, and his trademark searing honesty.' -Nick Timmins

    In the increasingly dirty world of British politics, one man has stood out for unimpeachable integrity – the former Labour Member of Parliament for Birkenhead, Frank Field.

    In this touching but also profound memoir, the veteran former Labour MP and social campaigner Frank Field reveals the poverty of his own childhood and the deep and lasting effect of his Christian socialism.

    Field has spent his life fighting poverty in Britain, and has found allies on all sides of the political spectrum. In this book, Field talk about his activism, his foundational work with the Child Poverty Action Group and his work passing legislation for the Minimum Living Wage. He explains why he has dedicated his life to speaking out against the corruption of greed and power and writes with great alacrity about the titans of his political age, including Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher. In the end, Field's zeal for reform was too much for too many people, and, in 2015, he was deselected by his own local Labour party.

    Politics, Poverty and Belief is an implicit indictment of modern British politics – the world of cash for questions, Partygate and all the rest – in which the poor get poorer and the rich get richer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateFeb 16, 2023
    ISBN9781399408400
    Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir
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    Frank Field

    The Rt Hon Frank Field MP was formerly Minister for Welfare Reform in Tony Blair's first government. He is the author of a number of books and other publications, including Neighbours from Hell (Politicos).

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