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Workers must be protected if a universal basic income (UBI) is implemented in the future Unite has warned, following a report welcomed by Labour that recommends every UK adult be paid an unconditional weekly sum.
The SOAS University report said the costs of a UBI – a baseline income paid to everyone regardless of employment status designed to reduce inequality and poverty – could be covered by axing more than 1,000 tax reliefs.Shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who commissioned the study, welcomed the report and said the Labour Party would consider the the report’s recommendations for their next manifesto.The […]
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