10th September 2018

A poster for students

The Citizen’s Basic Income Trust has published a poster for students. On one side is a history of the UK’s social security system, and on the other an introduction to Read More

10th September 2018

A new report from the IPPR

The Institute for Public Policy Research’s Commission on Economic Justice has published its final report, Prosperity and Justice: A plan for the new economy As the IPPR says, the report Read More

10th September 2018

Karen Buck MP and Declan Gaffney suggest a Partial Basic Income

A new blog post by Karen Buck MP and Declan Gaffney asks whether a Partial Basic Income might be ‘a practical response to our society’s widening inequality’.   For supporters, a Basic Read More

8th September 2018

Recent news from the Finland experiment

The organisers of the Finland experiment have published news about the experiment’s evaluation: … The main goal of the analysis is to help understand how receiving a basic income affects Read More

8th September 2018

An article about sanctions from the LSE

The London School of Economics has published a new article, Why benefit sanctions are both ineffective and harmful, based on research about the UK’s sanctions regime: … Without a major rethink, millions of Read More

8th September 2018

The problems of Universal Credit

Paul Spicker has written a new blog about problems related to Universal Credit: The problems that he lists include the muddled system for verification, which cannot be done online the Read More

16th August 2018

The cost of Citizen’s Basic Income

Elizaveta Fouksman  has written an article, ‘Why universal basic income costs far less than you think’, for the website The Conversation. Want to get rid of poverty, lessen inequality and provide financial Read More

7th August 2018

An article in the Guardian from a Finland pilot project participant

The Guardian has published an article written by a participant in the Finnish Citizen’s Basic Income pilot project. In money terms, my life has not changed at all. However, the Read More

7th August 2018

Michael Adler, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment? Benefit sanctions in the UK

Michael Adler, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment? Benefit sanctions in the UK, Palgrave Macmillan, xii + 171 pp, 3 319 90355 2, hbk, £44.99 The title of this timely book Read More

7th August 2018

Charlie Young, Realising Basic Income Experiments in the UK

Charlie Young, Realising Basic Income Experiments in the UK: A typology and toolkit of Basic Income design and delivery, Royal Society of Arts, 2018, vi + 217 pp, 1 911532 Read More