The results were promising but financial insecurities were still present MENTAL health and wellbeing, child welfare and material security have all improved in a trial of a minimum “basic” income, but a report on the experiment yesterday revealed that financial insecurities remain for recipients.
The Young Foundation, which carried out the two-year study, said it cast a shadow on the potential of a temporary minimum income – similar to a universal basic or citizen income – as a means of tackling economic and social inequality and reducing poverty.
The report said there was no strong evidence that citizen income improved routes […]
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