‘Frank’s poverty mission lives on at his charity – but he’d scrap two-child cap’
Frank Field has long been a hero of mine, and he will remain so for the rest of…
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Frank Field and David Marquand: Tributes flow in to ‘social justice crusader’ and ‘giant of social democracy’
Tributes have been paid to the former Labour minister and cross-bench peer Frank Field, after his family announced…
‘The media shouldn’t wait until MPs die to delve into their backstories’
Reading through the tributes to Alistair Darling last week, it occurred to me that the only time you…
Murray Elder obituary by Gordon Brown: ‘He made us radical but credible’
In his famous essay, Homage to Tom Maguire, the historian EP Thompson wrote in praise of heroes who…
Margaret McDonagh obituary: ‘We have lost a true working-class hero’
Margaret and Siobhain McDonagh’s parents were part of the great wave of postwar Irish immigration to the UK. …
Tributes paid to Glenda Jackson as ‘formidable’ ex-Labour MP dies aged 87
Tributes have been paid to the former Labour MP and double Oscar-winning actor Glenda Jackson, who has died…
Lord Noon was part of a generation of British Asians who shaped this country
For many young British Asians Lord Noon was a hero. He showed what was possible. I first knew…
