Universal basic income: Finland trials show mental health boost and rise in employment

Universal basic income: Finland trials show mental health boost and rise in employment

Is it time we rolled out our own universal basic income trials in the UK?

Not that long ago, the idea of a universal basic income ‒ where the Government pays everyone a certain amount of cash, every month, irrespective of their financial circumstances ‒ would have seemed incredibly outlandish.

Yet a host of positive international trials, coupled with the experience of Covid-19, suggests that the case for universal basic income is stronger than many may have imagined. Learning from Finland The authorities in Finland have now published the results of their universal basic income pilot, which ran over a […]

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