Stewart Lansley is the author of The Richer, the Poorer, How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor, a 200-year history, 2021, Bristol University Press. He is a visiting fellow at the University of Bristol, a Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and an Elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Malignant growth
Britain has long been a high poverty, high inequality nation. It’s time to change that, says Stewart Lansley. One of the most important political questions of the time is whether