Frank Field, the veteran MP who represented Birkenhead for 40 years and died at the age of 81 on Tuesday, was known for his decades-long campaign against poverty. However, residents of some of the most deprived areas of Wirral associate him more with his approach to politics. His personal touch, like washing dishes in the community centre and mingling with residents, made him accessible as a human face of politics and earned him deep respect.
Distributing food to needy families through the Feeding Birkenhead scheme was one of the most ambitious initiatives he undertook, using his position in Westminster to lobby for communities facing food poverty. Field then went on to establish Feeding Britain in an aim to eliminate hunger in the town and now feeds 100,000 children during school holidays. Some of his most powerful speeches in the Commons were drawn from the experiences of people who used the Neo Community centre. In fact,
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