Under Natalie Bennett’s leadership, which lasted from 2012 to 2016, the Green Party received their highest ever number of votes: over 1.1 million in the 2015 general election. She spoke in Cambridge last month on universal basic income, or UBI, a nationwide system that would see everyone, regardless of income, regularly receive a set amount of money, and which would replace the current benefits system.
Critics say that the programme would be far too expensive to be practicable, but Bennett argues that Britain cannot afford its current benefits system as it is. “People are increasingly left with no money in […]
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