Opinion

10th January 2016

The Adam Smith Institute and a Negative Income Tax

The Adam Smith Institute has contributed to the current debate on income maintenance by publishing Free Market Welfare: The case for a negative income tax. The Institute summarises the report: Read More

10th January 2016

Transparency

In his July 2015 budget statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, promised to increase the Income Tax Personal Allowance to £12,500 and the Higher Rate Threshold to £50,000 Read More

10th January 2016

The role of public services in Citizen’s Income

If we are to live peacefully in a prosperous future in which all can make their best contribution to the whole, then every citizen needs to be assured of their Read More

15th October 2015

The manifestos

The General Election is now over, so it is appropriate to review what the major parties said about the benefits system in their manifestos. The manifestos divide into three groups: Read More

25th June 2015

Reducing Tax Credits and Housing Benefit

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has decided that £12bn must be cut from the benefits bill, and that much of that saving will come from reducing the levels of Tax Credits Read More

15th June 2015

A Green Party Perspective

Citizen’s Income – an idea too idealistic to take seriously or one whose time has come? For those who may be hearing about a Citizen’s Income for the first time, Read More