21st December 2016

Citizen’s Income: the answer to poverty, insecurity, and health inequality?

The British Medical Journal has published an article by Anthony Painter of the Royal Society of Arts entitled ‘Universal Basic Income: The answer to poverty, insecurity, and health inequality?’ … The Read More

15th December 2016

Unison calls for a Citizen’s Income trial in the West Midlands

A leading trade union wants the West Midlands’ first elected mayor to trial a ‘Universal Basic Income’ as society faces the prospect of robots replacing workers. Click here to read Read More

8th December 2016

A book launch in Edinburgh

On the 26th January 2017 at 4 p.m. there will be a launch event for Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy, by Karl Widerquist and Grant McCall in Conference Room 2.15, Read More

7th December 2016

A letter in The Guardian

On the 8th December 2016 The Guardian published a letter in response to two articles that mentioned Citizen’s Income. To read the letter, click here.

7th December 2016

An event at the Theos think tank

On the 25th January 2017 the think tank Theos is holding an event entitled ‘Giving everyone some money: A Christian thing to do?’ For further details, click here.

7th December 2016

Scottish discussions about pilot projects

To see recent information on Scottish discussions about Citizen’s Income pilot projects, click here. For information about the new Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland, click here.

4th December 2016

Kayleigh Garthwaite, Hunger Pains

Kayleigh Garthwaite, Hunger Pains: Life inside foodbank Britain, Policy Press, 2016, xi + 195 pp, 1 4473 2911 4, pbk, £14.99 If the Policy Press, the British Film Institute, and Read More

1st December 2016

National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors website article

The National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors has published an article on its website: A Basic Income in the UK – ‘What’s not to like?’

29th November 2016

Eichhorst and Marx (eds), Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets

Werner Eichhorst and Paul Marx (eds), Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets: An occupational perspective, Edward Elgar, 2015, xii + 435 pp, 1 78100 171 4, hbk, £105, 1 78643 Read More

29th November 2016

Ralph Fevre, Individualism and Inequality

Ralph Fevre, Individualism and Inequality: The future of work and politics, Edward Elgar, 2016, ix + 310 pp, 1 78471 650 9, hbk, £80 Fevre’s thesis is that the individualism Read More