‘Ending Britain’s cycle of decline’
To reverse decline, Labour needs a strategy that harnesses the country’s resources for higher social value activity.
Stewart Lansley
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‘A strategy for sharing wealth should be at the heart of Labour’s programme’
Wealth is now emerging as a key political battle ground with Labour resisting growing calls for a wealth tax. Yet the case for tackling Britain’s towering, and increasingly concentrated, wealth mountain is overwhelming. Private wealth…
Tackling poverty and inequality must be one of the Labour Party’s primary goals
Why are the many still poor? As Labour looks increasingly likely to lead the country, tackling poverty and inequality should now be one of the party's primary goals. In 1884, the newly formed left-of-centre think tank, the Fabian Society…
An impactful and affordable universal basic income scheme is within reach
As the cost-of-living crisis bites, Labour needs long-term structural answers to growing inequality. Basic income provides such an answer, and new figures published this week show it is both affordable and impactful. Furthermore, Labour…
Why the UK should consider a guaranteed income floor
Support for the ancient idea of a basic income for all has been gathering pace during the Covid-19 crisis. Recent additions to the growing list of names calling for a recovery scheme include Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan. To date, the Labour…
It’s not just the left Chuka: the whole world is waking up to the universal basic income
Yesterday the former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna used a speech to the German British Forum to condemn the idea of a universal basic income. Yet, far from his claim that the idea is linked to "some on the left", support for it in…
The red tape delusion: Why deregulation won’t solve the jobs crisis
By Stewart Lansley For 30 years, economic policy has been driven by the idea that markets are best. In Britain this has meant the creation of one of the least regulated labour markets amongst developed economies, with a limited role for…