We’re thrilled to have launched our first report in the UK: “Blank Slate UBI: A Constructive Challenge for the UK Basic Income Debate.” The report, which we published with the UK’s Social Liberal Forum , models three audacious budget-neutral UBI plans. These plans replace the existing tax and benefit system with a 50 percent flat income tax, which funds UBIs of between £60 and £221 per week, depending on age and policy design, including supplements for disability and region. As a result, poverty would fall by 32 percent or more, deep poverty by 86 percent, and the Gini inequality […]
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