On January 12, 2017, the Work and Pensions Committee of the UK Parliament held an oral evidence hearing on universal basic income, the official summary of which is now available online . It ultimately concludes that the measure “risks being a distraction from workable welfare reform” and urges “the incoming government not to expend any energy on it.”
Basic Income News previously reported on the hearing here , and provided a summary of all contributions here . A video of the hearing can be viewed in its entirety here: Universal basic income is commonly called “citizen’s income” (CI) in […]
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