Support for the ancient idea of a basic income for all has been gathering pace during the Covid-19 crisis. Recent additions to the growing list of names calling for a recovery scheme include Andy Burnham and Sadiq Khan . To date, the Labour leadership has been cautious while accepting that the existing mean and patchy benefit system needs fundamental reform. One of the strengths of a basic income scheme is that it would fill many of the holes in the existing social security system and meet many of the goals of a more robust social security system.
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