24th September 2018

Opinion survey results from the RSA

In preparation for their recent report on Citizen’s Basic Income, the Royal Society of Arts commissioned a detailed opinion survey. Some conclusions that can be drawn from the report can Read More

20th September 2018

Paul Spicker’s new seminar papers

Paul Spicker has written a blog post about a new series of seminar papers on Citizen’s Basic Income. The first of the papers is now available on the website of Read More

10th September 2018

State of the Pilot Projects

CBI Pilot Project vs CBI Experiment I shall employ the same distinction between a CBI pilot project and CBI experiment that Charlie Young employed in a paper presented at the Read More

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

21st August 2018

An opinion, and a research report

Two contrasting articles have been published during the past week: The Scottish Herald has published a report on a debate held in Edinburgh: Proposals to hand everyone in Scotland a Read More