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Stewart Lansley

Stewart Lansley is author of the The Richer, the Poorer: How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor (Bristol University Press). He is a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol, a council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Reversing inequality: from capital to citizens

Stewart Lansley

Reviving the postwar spirit of egalitarianism is an economic and social imperative.

A basic-income floor should be part of a recovery programme

Stewart Lansley

With the UK’s social safety net full of holes, support has grown for a basic income to underpin a mean and means-tested benefits system.

Citizens’ Wealth Fund To Tackle Inequality

Stewart Lansley

Recently, Liberal-Democrat leader Vince Cable joined the long list of politicians who have warned of the dangers of excessive inequality. But strong as the speech

Create Social Wealth Funds! It’s Time To Halt The Great Public Asset Boot Sale

Stewart Lansley

Britain’s public assets are now the subject of a giant boot sale. The great rolling privatisation juggernaut not only includes the £4bn Green Investment Bank,