Basic income would be ‘a faster’ way to get money to people who need it

Basic income would be ‘a faster’ way to get money to people who need it

Co-leader of the Green Party Sian Berry and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn talk UBI with the New Journal INTRODUCING universal basic income (UBI) would have been a faster and simpler way to help millions thrown into the financial turmoil by the coronavirus epidemic, the co-leader of the Green Party has claimed.

Sian Berry, who is also a councillor in Highgate and a London Assembly, said the cash payments would have avoided the wait for help facing employees suddenly unable to work during the UK’s lockdown.

She said: “We have been looking at this for such a long time. If you had […]

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