Guaranteed minimum income needed to cure loneliness epidemic after COVID-19 – Helen Clark Foundation
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has thrown her support behind calls for a guaranteed minimum income as a “buffer against the effects of not only economic recession, but also high levels of loneliness, isolation, and psychological distress”.
The recommendation comes in a new report from her think-tank, the Helen Clark Foundation, and engineering, design and environmental firm WSP – Alone Together: The risks of loneliness in Aotearoa New Zealand following COVID-19 and how public policy can help – authored by former Green Party MP Holly Walker.“Loneliness […]
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