It is the controversial new scheme which could radically change the face of Britain’s benefits system.
If introduced, Universal Basic Income (UBI) would give every person a fixed, untaxed sum – which could be up to £100 a week – to live on, whether they are rich or poor, in work or unemployed.
UBI would replace some existing social security benefits and there would be no pressure for job seekers to prove they are trying to get a job.Plans for it to be piloted in Hull moved a step closer when Hull City Council chief executive Matt Jukes wrote to the […]
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