Capitalism isn’t working. We need a Universal Basic Income as we come out of the coronavirus lockdown into the economic – and the climate – crisis.
The furlough scheme was an extraordinary move from a Conservative government and an essential underpinning for the incomes of millions of people.
The suggestion that British people have become addicted to the scheme is offensive to those who face destitution without it but it also ignores the fact that furlough is under the control of employers not workers, and those running businesses are as desperate to reboot the economy – safely – as the chancellor […]
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