A group of 30 people are set to be paid £1,600 per month in what will be England’s first ever trial of a universal income scheme.
Over a period of two years, they will receive the monthly lump sum without any conditions while researchers monitor what effects the cash has on their lives.
The money will be given to 15 participants in Jarrow, south Tyneside, and 15 in East Finchley, north London .They will be paid ‘without a requirement to work or to demonstrate willingness to work’.Will Stronge, director of research at the think-tank Autonomy which is running the scheme, said […]
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