Tag: basic income

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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In the quest for a true universal alternative digital currency system, Phillip H. Perez, Founder and CEO and Timothy White, President of the of BarterUnit LLC, together have launched a GoFundMe campaign.

“In order to continue this growing economic project, the BarterUnit establishment has launched a GoFundMe campaign in hopes to acquire public financial support. Funds will be used to help implement enhancements, security software, new features, general development and to sustain proper system maintenance. The bottom line is; the company userbase is rapidly growing, and we need immediate funds to effectively maintain the system and the high volume userbase,” […]

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This post is also available in: Spanish Within the World Social Forum 2021 , a panel took place on 25 January with the title RBUI, gaining freedom by ensuring subsistence. The speakers were Eduardo Suplicy, Sergio Mesquita and the author of the paper reproduced below, Juana Pérez Montero . The slogan of the Forum Another world is possible connects with what we feel and think and with our deep faith in the human process. And this leads us to ask ourselves – in this area and from the theme that has brought us together – what this world we […]

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The hotel sector is among those hardest-hit by the pandemic (file photo). The number of people receiving earnings-related unemployment allowances rose by 86 percent last year compared to the year before, reaching its highest level in 20 years, the Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland (TYJ) said on Wednesday.

Unemployment funds paid out the allowance to 456,000 unemployed or furloughed workers, representing about eight percent of the population.

The monthly number of applications rose as much as eight-fold compared to previous years."Last spring’s spike was unprecedented," TYJ Director Aki Villman said in a statement on Wednesday.Despite the rapid surge, applications were […]

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SASSA has released its payment schedule for February – but the R350 grant will no longer feature. The temporary handout first came into effect in April last year, and despite many logistical challenge, it proved to be a popular scheme. When does the R350 grant expire?

Over six million South Africans claimed from the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) fund, but that safety net will soon be yanked away: The R350 grant expires on Sunday 31 January – meaning that new payments will no longer be generated. The DA did launch a campaign to extend these handouts , but […]

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PhD researcher Maximilian Linek analyses potential responses to a BI, using a large-scale survey in Germany.

If the government gave every citizen an unconditional sum of money every month, like a salary, what would they do with it? This idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), which aims to ensure a basic standard of living for all, has gained interest in political and public debates in recent years.

Hertie School PhD Researcher Maximilian Linek wanted to know what people would do if they received this “no-strings-attached” monthly cash – would they live their lives differently?Linek surveyed registered members of the Berlin-based, […]

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The Green Party has backed a letter from some of the UK’s leading musicians calling on the Government to ensure musicians continued ability to travel paperwork-free whilst they tour the EU in the post-Brexit era.

The open letter, addressed to the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden and signed by 110 musical artists, would ensure touring musicians would not have to go through the costly and bureaucratic process of gaining visas for each country they travel through.

It requests paperwork-free travel is negotiated for British artists and a reciprocal deal is introduced for European acts wishing to play in British venues.The letter follows […]

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