A Finnish trial gave recipients nearly £500 a month Guildford Borough Council is calling for the Government to trial a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the borough.
A UBI would provide a regular cash income to every resident without means testing, so regardless of their employment status or whatever other resources they may have.
The concept has attracted renewed interest as a way to reduce poverty in the wake of mass job losses caused by Covid-19.Liberal Democrat councillor Steven Lee, who represents Merrow , quoted Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A Changing to convince Guildford councillors on Tuesday (April 13) […]
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