Universal basic income: Half of Britons back plan to pay all UK citizens regardless of employment

Universal basic income: Half of Britons back plan to pay all UK citizens regardless of employment

Establishing Universal Basic Income (UBI) in the UK would drastically overhaul the welfare state Nearly half of Britons would support giving all citizens a cash allowance, regardless of whether they were employed, according to a new survey.

Once considered a policy belonging firmly to the radical left, polling by the Institute of Policy Research at the University of Bath found that 49 per cent of 18 to 75-year-olds supported the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) .

If UBI were to be established in the UK, it would drastically overhaul the welfare state by providing a set payment to cover […]

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