Matthew Brown

Matthew was born in the 1970s and was brought up in Lancashire. He is currently the Labour Leader of Preston City Council and promotes transformative economics more widely in the UK and beyond with The Democracy Collaborative. He joined the Labour Party as a teenager 30 years ago after being inspired by the principled socialism of Tony Benn. He gained a degree in Politics with Economics at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).

Twitter: @MatthewBrownLab