Stewart Lansley joins TAP Advisory Board

London, 1 December 2025 -  Taxpayers Against Poverty (TAP) is delighted to announce that Stewart Lansley, one of the UK’s leading voices on inequality, wealth, and poverty, has joined TAP’s Advisory Board.

Stewart Lansley is a Visiting Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol, and has written extensively for both academic journals and national newspapers on the social and economic impacts of inequality. He is the author of several influential books, including The Richer, The Poorer (2021), Breadline Britain (2015), and The Cost of Inequality (2011) — works widely recognised for shaping public understanding of how economic divides harm society.

Lansley has held a number of prominent academic posts, is a Council Member of the Progressive Economy Forum, and an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He also brings deep experience in public communication as a former Executive Producer in the BBC’s Current Affairs department.

His appointment strengthens TAP’s mission to highlight the structural causes of poverty and champion fair, progressive taxation that ensures wealth contributes back into the public services and systems that create opportunity for all.

Tom Burgess, CEO, TAP, said:

“Stewart’s insight into the economics of inequality is unmatched. His research has shaped national debate for years, and we are honoured to have him join our Advisory Board. Stewart strengthens our work at a critical time — when poverty is rising, and when the UK urgently needs a tax system that tackles inequality rather than entrenches it.”

TAP looks forward to working with Stewart to expand its evidence base, sharpen its policy proposals, and help build a fairer, more equal society.

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About Taxpayers Against PovertyTaxpayers against Poverty is a UK-based independent advocacy group dedicated to tackling poverty, inequality, and social injustice by promoting economic policies that have a direct effect on reducing poverty and the unnecessary financial hardship. TAP seeks to influence national and local policy with well-researched and robust evidence of hardship and promote practical policy proposals using a direct approach to decision makers and other influencers.

TAP was founded by the late Rev Paul Nicolson and is led by Tom Burgess, author of From Here to Prosperity, a new political agenda for a sustainable economy and greater social justice, which proposes taxing wealth more and income less. TAP’s sister organisation and partner is Compassion in Politics which seeks to bring more honesty, respect and compassion into political life.