York could be set to become Yorkshire’s fourth city to call for pilots of Universal Basic Income (UBI).
Green Party councillors, who share control of City of York Council with the Liberal Democrats, submitted a motion supporting trials of basic income at the March meeting but it was never held because of the Covid crisis, which has halted full council meetings until now.
The meeting on Thursday is expected to pass a Lib Dem sponsored motion calling on the Government to support a UBI trial. Saturday shoppers on Front Street in the Acomb suburb of York which is now in Tier […]
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