article_snippet: Mr Field, who was born in London, was first elected to the Commons in 1979.
article_snippet: Previously, he was the first director of pressure group The Child Poverty Action, from 1969 to 1979.
article_snippet: he was famously told to 'think the unthinkable' by Tony Blair while welfare reform minister.
article_snippet: he resigned later after reported clashes with Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman.
article_snippet: he went on to become one of the Labour Government's most outspoken critics.
article_snippet: After the party's defeat in the 2010 general election, he was appointed Prime Minister David Cameron's poverty tsar and became the first member of the Labour party to be given a role in Cameron's team.