Norwich City Council have unanimously passed a motion calling on the government to trial a fully-evaluated Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the area in response to the economic shock of the ongoing pandemic.
The Labour-led authority passed the proposal put forward by the Green Party on Tuesday night, and leaders of all parties on the council will now write to the Government to ask for permission to pilot the scheme.
Council leaders will also write to the Good Economy Commission for Norwich and ask them to examine whether a UBI could be a potential component of a fairer economy in the […]
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