27th December 2017

New research simulates labour market effects of tax and benefits reform options

A new working paper from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex reports on research using the EUROMOD microsimulation programme to simulate the labour market effects Read More

20th December 2017

The ideal meets the practical

Towards an unconditional Citizen’s Basic Income At a time when the idea of Citizen’s Basic Income is gaining traction, discussion and debate continues to break down when the idea meets Read More

13th December 2017

Reducing poverty and inequality through tax-benefit reform

A slightly revised version of an Institute for Social and Economic Research working paper on tax and benefit reform options in the UK has now been published in the Journal of Economic Read More

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

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