Frank Field dead at 81 Ex-Labour MP and peer passes away after prostate cancer battle [Video]

FORMER Labour minister and peer Frank Field has died aged 81 after a battle with prostate cancer.

Field revealed in 2021 that he was battling a terminal illness and was told he had just weeks to live.

His family this morning announced the veteran politician – who represented Birkenhead in the Wirral, Merseyside for 40 years as an MP – had passed away.

After revealing he was terminally ill, Field became an advocate for assisted dying.

He was initially cared for by a hospice after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, but then came back out.

In an interview with the Times last year, Field said: “I’m just happily waiting for the end.

“As I feel you may hear, the cancer’s moved around in my neck …