The National Lottery-funded Big Central Jarrow is urging residets to have their say on plans for a basic income pilot project in the town.
Basic income is a regular cash payment that everyone would receive without conditions.
If implemented nationally, it would mean that everyone in the UK would receive a monthly or weekly payment with no strings attached, in addition to their other earnings, pensions or benefits. Supporters of the policy says a basic income would provide working people with more security and top up to benefits that are not high enough to make ends meet.The Big Local Central […]
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