John McDonnell has announced that Labour may include a trial of Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the next Labour Party Manifesto. UBI – state provision of unconditional monthly stipends to all adult citizens – has been justified on myriad grounds: citizenship, welfare reform, growth. However, its biggest and, as yet, unexplored contribution may be to physical health and it is essential that any trial is able to measure that effect in very specific ways.
Some of our research on UBI took place through an international, interdisciplinary, participatory study entitled ‘ A Cross-cultural Working Group on “Good Culture” and Precariousness’ , […]
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