The Government should hand everyone in Britain a fixed payment regardless of what they earn to ease the "unprecedented" economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, Rebecca Long-Bailey has said.
The Labour leadership contender backed calls for a universal basic income (UBI) as she urged the Government to "move mountains" to support those affected by the spread of the disease.
But former Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith – a key figure behind the existing Universal Credit welfare system – warned that UBI was a "redundant" idea that would create "massive disincentives for people to work".Boris Johnson on Wednesday told MPs that UBI […]
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