Frank Field to Stand as a Social Justice Candidate
Frank Field, the former Labour MP who has represented Birkenhead since 1979, has confirmed that he will contest the next General Election as a Social Justice candidate. Field quit the Labour Party in 2018 and said that the party now had a “culture of intolerance, nastiness and intimidation”.
The manifesto for The Birkenhead Social Justice Party are listed on their web-site as:
- Abolish child poverty in Birkenhead
- Eliminate youth unemployment and deliver Birkenhead’s homegrown strategies for local industry and the environment
- Build the safe, secure, and affordable housing that Birkenhead needs
- Fight back against crime and antisocial behaviour in Birkenhead
- Gain the public transport network that Birkenhead deserves
- Protect every worker in Birkenhead against low pay and insecure work
- Introduce a more compassionate benefits system for disabled people in Birkenhead that protects their dignity, while ensuring the system protects Birkenhead’s pensioners
- Defend the living standards of Birkenhead’s pensioners
- Strengthen Birkenhead’s health and social care services