‘A universal basic income will put a solid foundation beneath everybody so they can have a life with security and stop worrying about everything,’ said Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester. A universal basic income of £1,600 a month is to be trialled in England for the first time in a pilot programme.
Under the pilot programme, 30 people in two areas will be paid an unconditional lump sum each month for two years, with the participants observed to better understand the effects on their lives.
Two places in England have been selected for the micro pilot scheme, central Jarrow […]
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