A councillor has urged Hull residents to give universal basic income a chance to be piloted in the city and told them there’s "nothing to be lost".
Councillor Jack Haines has said the radical new welfare benefit could "transform the city" and has urged residents to now get behind it.
It comes after Hull City Council agreed to consider proposals for Hull to become the first city in the UK to trial Universal Basic Income (UBI) .The scheme would pay every adult, regardless of income or background free cash – a sum potentially between £50 and £100 a week – with […]
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