See our new Community section Somerset County Council has rejected calls from opposition councillors for the county to take part in a future trial of universal basic income (UBI).
UBI entails paying every individual of a given state or local area a fixed amount on a regular basis, replacing existing benefits such as housing benefit or universal credit.
The idea, which has been trialled in several other countries, has been gaining traction as a possible means of tackling inequality and poverty in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.But a motion by Green and Liberal Democrat councillors for Somerset to be part […]
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