Frank Field Articles

Voters get tough on welfare. That was the punchline in the chapter on welfare in the recently published British Attitudes Survey.  This significant change in attitude does not follow previous cyclical trends where increasing unemployment was accompanied by a more...

The world is, thankfully, full of temptations and the latest to face the Labour party has the label ‘long-term care’ attached to it. The particular form of care reform now on offer must be resisted by Labour. Partly on the simple grounds that it does nothing to help...

Three hearty cheers for Louise Casey. Her report published last week dealing, euphemistically, with troubled families, will be seen in history as a milestone in reforming our client-based welfare state. Casey was no doubt critical of the term of references she was...

The prime minister obviously likes shooting from the hip, exercising his skills this weekend. As a true heir-to-Blair the weekend press was softened up with the punchlines of the speech he made yesterday. If good headlines were the aim then the exercise must count as...