At Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday 18th March, the Prime Minister was asked questions about Citizen’s Basic Income: To read the account of Prime Minister’s Read More
A significant effect of the coronavirus, and the measures that the Government has put in place to slow its spread, is that individuals’ incomes are experiencing significant damage. This is Read More
The Compass Basic Income Hub has launched its Basic Income Conversation The organisers say this about the project: The Basic Income Conversation project will bring together leading activists, research and political Read More
A recent article in Quillette, ‘Universal Basic Income and the threat of tyranny’, by Shai Shapira, [1] asks some interesting questions: When we examine historical trends in politics and economics, Read More
ATD Fourth World has published the results of its Understanding Poverty in all its Forms research project: an international project that is asking people in poverty what for them are Read More
In its recent budget the Hong Kong government has included a one-off unconditional payment of HK$10,000 (£1,000) for every permanent resident aged 18 years or over. This is not a Read More
Palgrave has published Basic Income and Sovereign Money: The Alternative to Economic Crisis and Austerity Policy. The publisher says about the book: Challenges the orthodox explanation for economic crisis and the Read More
Guy Standing has written a new book, Battling Eight Giants, which will be published by Bloomsbury during March The publisher says about the book: Today in one the richest countries in Read More