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Sudbury board of health adopted a similar position in a resolution last fall The British Medical Journal is arguing that governments that provide a basic universal income (BUI) to citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, reap the benefit of having less poverty in their countries. (Supplied) The British Medical Journal is arguing that governments that provide a basic universal income (BUI) to citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, reap the benefit of having less poverty in their countries.

Canada had provided a form of the BUI to citizens through the CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefit) but that program was ended in late […]

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The government should extend the social relief of distress grants to help the increasing number of families in distress during the Covid-19 pandemic, a coalition says.

Saftu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says people are facing dehumanising poverty and urgent intervention is needed.

Professor Thuli Madonsela joined the call with a suggestion that two social workers per ward also be put in place to deal with the crisis. A coalition of NGOs and unions is calling for the urgent extension of the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant which lapses at the end of January."It’s hard to […]

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Advocates for basic income have long argued that it is much more than just a poverty relief measure. It is a matter of common justice that would enhance freedom and provide basic security for all. A new survey across six major European countries shows that people understand its potential to improve their lives. Not only do large majorities in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain favour basic income pilots and basic income as a permanent policy. The survey also reveals the advantages people believe a basic income would bring for themselves.

The poll, conducted independently by YouGov, found that […]

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In the Gers, unity is strength

“A person with rickets will have cardiovascular problems; it is therefore necessary to set up “food education” , and understand that, from this perspective, food aid is an essential tool for everything else: health, hygiene… ” For René Ortega, director of Gers Solidaire, the Man’Gers project (awareness-raising and support actions offered to beneficiaries of food aid) is part of a broader reflection: dealing with problems globally. Hence the idea of ​​having several associations already in the field work together, within Gers Solidaire (Red Cross, Secours Populaire, Secours Catholique, etc.).
During periods of […]

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About a little over a month back, the finance minister had promised a ‘never before’ kind of budget this year. The idea I am sure is to address the concerns of the pandemic-hit economy and to boost the financial morale of all us Indians.

I am no expert in all things Budget, but given that I work on financial plans of a lot of common investors, I wanted to share some of the desires that people have from this annual exercise.

More deductions and exemptions -The tax structure was tweaked a bit last year by introducing a new system (without […]

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Enoch Godongwana. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES The tension at the heart of the ANC’s lekgotla this past weekend — between the desperate need to extend social assistance to those hit hardest by the Covid pandemic and the lack of government funds to do so — goes to the heart of SA’s fiscal challenge and its failure to grow.

Enoch Godongwana, the head of the ANC’s economic transformation subcommittee, provided a succinct summation of SA’s "bleak" fiscal position: government expenditure is too high for the revenue that the economy can generate.

But set against the imperative to reduce the size of government in […]

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Madhya Pradesh Unemployment Allowance Scheme 2020 ( MP Berojgari Bhatta Yojana in Hindi) [अप्लाई ऑनलाइन फार्म, योग्यता, पंजीयन]

Before the elections in our country, no matter the party, she presents an undertaking. In this, she promises to the people that if their government comes, what will they do for the benefit of them and the country. Similarly, during the elections before the coming of his government, the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh had promised to the unemployed youth of the state that till they get a job, they will get some financial amount monthly as unemployment allowance. Will. But […]

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Liberal Democrat campaigners from Hinckley and Bosworth are part of a new national group championing the need for Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots to be introduced throughout the country.

Hinckley Borough and County Councillor Michael Mullaney and Barwell Parish Councillor Mathew Hulbert are members of the new Cross Party Parliamentary and Local Government (CPPLG) Working Group on UBI.

The CPPLG is an innovative new structure, consisting of cross party MPs, local authority councillors, Metro Mayors, Peers and LGA officers.Organisers say it aims to co-produce work to collectively advocate for policy positions, Basic Income pilots and the need to test alternatives to […]

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