What is universal basic income and why might offering ‘free cash’ to everyone be a good idea? What you need to know about £1,600 trial

A handful of English households will get paid £1,600 in Government cash every month for doing nothing, if a universal basic income trial goes ahead.

Universal basic income is the idea that automatically giving all citizens the same amount of cash could cut poverty, as well as reducing the cost to the taxpayers of running a complicated means-tested benefits system.

But it has also faced fierce backlash from critics who believe the plan is expensive and could backfire.This week the think tank Autonomy launched in-depth plans for how an English universal basic income trial might work.The plans would see 30 people […]

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