Frank Field MP, Chair of the influential Parliamentary Work & Pensions Select Committee, started out as a prominent anti-poverty campaigner. But it transpires he is opposed to the Basic Income.
On 12 th January 2017 the Select Committee heard evidence from the basic Income movement .
Mr. Field’s assessment was:“A universal Citizen’s Income would either require unthinkable tax rises or fail to deliver its objectives of simplification and a guaranteed standard of living. There are problems in the welfare system, but CI is not the solution to them. Rather it is a distraction from finding workable solutions.”Having read the transcript, that […]
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