Veteran Merseyside MP Frank Field has today announced he will stand for a new party called the Birkenhead Social Justice Party.
The 77-year-old Birkenhead Member of Parliament made the announcement at a specially held event at Birkenhead Town Hall.
He said he will stay on and fight for Birkenhead and the issues it faces and still believes Brexit should happen.
Mr Field said: "‘I will be standing again as a candidate at the next election with the aim of doing what I have done for 40 years: always putting the interests of our town and our country first while championing the views and interests of the underdogs in our society."
Frank is also unveiling his ten immediate priorities for Birkenhead, they are;
- Continue to deliver a first-class service for the people of Birkenhead
- 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 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
- Defend the living standards of Birkenhead’s pensioners
- Strengthen Birkenhead’s health and social care services
Last year he dramatically resigned the Labour whip, citing issues of antisemitism and 'nastiness' in the party.
Prior to this he had lost a vote of confidence by members of his local Labour party after he voted with the Government on Brexit.
Mr Field currently chairs the Work and Pensions Committee as an independent MP and regularly raises cases regarding Universal Credit and other benefits issues.
In his youth he was a member of the Conservative party but left over his opposition to apartheid in South Africa and joined Labour in 1964.
