Plan to hand people £1,600 a month for doing nothing torn apart by Lord Frost

Plan to hand people £1,600 a month for doing nothing torn apart by Lord Frost

The Conservative peer warned schemes giving out money with no strings attached are destined to fail.

10:40, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 | UPDATED: 11:11, Fri, Jun 9, 2023 LBC: Nick Ferrari questions Jack Kellam on a new Universal Basic Income trial

Lord Frost has torn apart plans for the first-ever trial of universal basic income (UBI) in England.Think tank Autonomy is seeking financial backing for a two-year pilot programme which would see 30 people in Jarrow, in Tyne and Wear, and East Finchley, in north London, paid £1,600 a month in return for nothing.The Tory peer branded the proposals […]

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