Universal Basic Income

The rub there is: How do we decide who genuinely needs it?
And who decides?

At the moment, we use a series of sometimes confusing measures and require people to fill out huge forms (50 pages for PIP). And when you’re filling it out, you know they’ve got some criteria in mind and if you’re insufficiently eloquent and persuasive, you’ll lose.
They can also change the criteria at short notice. They can add compulsion for something or another (you have to jump through hoops x, y, and z to prove you need whatever-it-is) and if they’re insufficiently […]

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