Jeremy Corbyn on Citizen’s Income in a Huffington Post interview

In an interview with the Huffington Post, Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Labour Party, has agreed with John McDonnell’s suggestion that the party should study Citizen’s Income as an option for the reform of the benefits system:

“I’m instinctively looking at it along with John. I am looking forward to discussing it with our colleagues from Norway because we have to think radically about how we bring about a more just and more equal society in Britain, how we develop policies that achieve that.

“Because what we are doing is heading in absolutely the wrong direction with a growing wealth inequality and an opportunity inequality for communities, as well as poorer families. It’s got to change and it will.

“I can see the headline attraction to it. I don’t want to commit to it until I’ve had a chance to look at it very seriously and very carefully because this would be a major, major change in social policy and it’s something I would invite the whole party and the whole movement to have a serious discussion about.”

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