11th December 2017

A debate about the feasibility of Citizen’s Basic Income

On the 23rd November, Social Europe published an article by Bo Rothstein entitled ‘UBI: A bad idea for the welfare state‘: First, such a reform would be unsustainably expensive and Read More

6th December 2017

A report on Citizen’s Basic Income from Reform Scotland

Reform Scotland, a Scottish think tank, has published a report on Citizen’s Basic Income. A briefing about the report can be read here and the full report can be found here.   Read More

6th December 2017

To What Extent Would a Switch to a Universal Basic Income System Provide Solutions to Inequality in the UK

Congratulations to Luke Chilton on gaining a distinction at SOAS, University of London, both for his dissertation, To What Extent Would a Switch to a Universal Basic Income System Provide Solutions Read More

5th December 2017

Mays, Marston and Tomlinson (eds) Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand

Jennifer Mays, Greg Marston and John Tomlinson (eds), Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand: Perspectives from the neoliberal frontier, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xv + 268 pp, 1 349 71028 Read More

5th December 2017

Anker and Anker, Living Wages Around the World

Richard Anker and Martha Anker, Living Wages Around the World: Manual for measurement, Edward Elgar, 2017, 1 78643 147 9, pbk, xi + 379 pp, £29.95 It is all very Read More

5th December 2017

Citizen’s Basic Income and Housing

A report from a Citizen’s Basic Income Trust working group Introduction Decent homes are essential, and are as integral to welfare as education, healthcare, and income. [1] Equally essential are Read More

5th December 2017

Would a Citizen’s Basic Income pilot project in the UK be possible?

  This article is based on a research project conducted by a French student, Lucas Delattre, during the summer of 2016, and updated in October 2017 Introduction A Citizen’s Basic Read More

3rd December 2017

LSE Beveridge 2.0 celebration opening event discusses Citizen’s Basic Income

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, the London School of Economics is holding a series of events entitled ‘Beveridge 2.0’, culminating in the LSE Festival: a whole Read More

3rd December 2017

New ILO report discusses Citizen’s Basic Income

A new report from the International Labour Office discusses Citizen’s Basic Income as an option for the reform of social security: … is a renewed debate about a universal basic Read More

25th November 2017

Owen Jones on a four day week and a Citizen’s Basic Income

Owen Jones has written an article in The Guardian, ‘We should all be working a four day week: Here’s why’. … Many Britons work too much. It’s not just the 37.5 Read More