‘Fascinating and unsettling…a contribution and resource of inestimable value.’

– Political Quarterly

'This book should be widely read and discussed especially by politicians and the media. It provides a panorama of food for thought on important issue of the day.'

– SBE (The Society of Business Economists)

"Hard-hitting… researched and argued so carefully - and sensitively - that it is difficult to disagree"

– Times Literary Supplement

'Tells the stories of those who are voiceless. Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack forensically dissect poverty... All politicians should be made to read this book'

– Independent

‘a new book on poverty, Breadline Britain, deserves to be taken more seriously’

– City AM

"I remember very clearly my sense of elation when I first saw the material that went into Mack and Lansley’s enlightening, but disturbing research. Breadline Britain is a brilliant continuation of their deep engagement with the investigation of unacceptable poverty in Britain’s otherwise prosperous economy."

– Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics

“Inequality is the biggest challenge of our time. This important book exposes the real causes of poverty in modern Britain and makes a powerful case for the radical change we need to build a fairer and more equal society.”

– Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee

"Careful and hard hitting. The book leaves our politicians no excuses."

– Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level

"Indispensable. Analytically sophisticated as well as viscerally stirring."

– David Kynaston, author of Austerity Britain, 1945-51

"The big debates about social and economic policy in Western countries are shifting from concerns about poverty to a recognition that growing inequality is our fundamental problem. Stewart Lansley and Joanna Mack, who have been working in this field for a generation, offer a massively convincing analysis of this problem and the policies it calls for."

– David Donnison, Emeritus Professor of Regional and Town Planning, University of Glasgow and former Chair of the Supplementary Benefits Commission

"Brilliant. A devastatingly shocking report. This is the book everyone needs to read – authoritative and compellingly readable."

– Polly Toynbee