In England’s first ever trial of universal basic income, 30 people could be paid £1600 a month without any obligations to work. The trial will aim to analyse the impact this standard income can have on people’s lives.
The pilot, proposed by the think tank Autonomy, will run for two years and draw out participants from Jarrow, north-east England and East Finchley, London in a bid to see if the scheme is an effective means of tackling inequality and poverty.
If successful, there is the potential that the government could adopt universal basic income which would see all people in […]
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