Despite its moral and policy challenges to Labour, the idea of basic income grows
The parliamentary backwards-and-forwards over Brexit conceals two realities: what caused Brexit and what is happening now in our…
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Universal basic income can directly reduce work-related stress
John McDonnell has announced that Labour may include a trial of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the next Labour Party Manifesto. UBI…
The left needs an alternative to universal credit. Could it be universal basic income?
One of the biggest issues with the universal basic income debate – recently reinvigorated by John McDonnell’s announcement…
Universal basic income won’t solve the problem of automation
If you flip over your Labour Party membership card, printed on the back is Labour’s defining mission, as…
The crisis on our doorstep – our national homelessness shame
At the back end of a cold winter, the UK has witnessed the savage effects of what should…
The revolutionary potential of a universal basic income cannot be over-estimated
The Labour Party should adopt a universal basic income as can act as a catalyst for a radical…
It’s not just the left Chuka: the whole world is waking up to the universal basic income
Yesterday the former shadow cabinet minister Chuka Umunna used a speech to the German British Forum to condemn the idea…
Chuka Umunna lays into left-wingers’ plan for universal basic income
Chuka Umunna will today launch a lengthy attack on one of the key economic reforms demanded by supporters…
Alan Johnson: Being poor means being powerless – so we must lend a hand in the fight against poverty
I decided not to fight this election and to spend more time with my family – having checked…
The universal basic income would shake up a morally bankrupt benefits system
The idea of a universal or unconditional basic income (UBI) is not a new idea. The concept of…
