Coronavirus: Boris Johnson agrees to hold talks on universal basic income to support people

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson agrees to hold talks on universal basic income to support people

© PA Boris Johnson speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons. Boris Johnson has agreed to hold talks on introducing a universal basic income to help protect people’s cash flow in the face of the coronavirus crisis.

The prime minister, speaking in the Commons, said he would be willing to sit down and discuss the proposal with SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Universal basic income, or UBI, means that everyone gets a set monthly income, regardless of means.Mr Blackford said the UK government needed to learn the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis […]

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