John McDonnell. Picture credit to: PoliticsHome.
John McDonnell ’s proposes to include a basic income pilot in the next Labour Party’s manifesto, an intent which has been going on since 2016 , at least. During 2018 a working group was formed, led by professor Guy Standing , a prominent economic advisor to McDonnell and specialist in basic income and related issues, giving rise to the publication and presentation in May 2019 of a detailed report about its applications within the UK’s context. McDonnell dubs this new manifesto as “more radical” than the previous 2017 manifesto, probably also including the […]
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