Title: Frank Field: Labour and Tories will be 'broken up' by immigration
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Frank Field: Labour and Tories will be 'broken up' by immigration
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Frank Field: Labour and Tories will be 'broken up' by immigration
Frank Field, a former welfare minister, says neither Ed Miliband, his own leader, nor David Cameron, has done enough to answer public anger about mass immigration
By Jameskirkup 22 December 2014 • 06:05 am
Ed Miliband, left, says Labour understands immigration concerns while document, right, urges MPs not to campaign on issue Credit: Photo: EPA
Labour and the Conservatives could both break up because they have failed to recognise the scale of public feeling over immigration, a senior Labour MP has said. Frank Field, a former welfare minister, suggested that increasing numbers of MPs will reject their own parties’ policies on immigration and run for election making their own independent pledges of much tougher action. Mr Field, an MP since 1979 and one of the most widely-respected members of the Commons, said neither Ed Miliband, his own leader, nor David Cameron, has done enough to answer public anger about mass immigration. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, he also praised the UK Independence Party for “breaking the power of political correctness” over the issue of immigration. Rejecting Labour’s liberal approach to immigration under the last government, Mr Field has been a longstanding campaigner for much more restrictive entry rules. Mr Field also has close ties with some Conservatives, running an immigration campaign with Sir Nicholas Soames, a senior Conservative MP.