Natalie Bennett: The Universal Basic Income needs to be trialled across Britain ASAP
Scotland is now running trials on implementing a universal basic income. And the initiative should be rolled across Britain, Natalie Bennett writes.
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Why it’s time for a universal basic income in Britain
Our welfare system must promote employment as well as providing a safety net
European plans to regulate credit card transaction fees could hit poorest
The European Commission’s plans to regulate so-called ‘multilateral interchange fees’ could have major implications for the government’s ability to successfully implement welfare reform and will negatively impact on financial inclusion efforts in the UK.
A US perspective on tax credits and the politics of reform
The ability of low-wage individuals to move up and out of poverty through work alone is much less clear than the UK prime minister suggested.
Tax credit changes will discourage work and have other disastrous effects
There are warnings today that 424,000 adults and 470,000 children are at risk of falling into poverty as a result of the government’s tax credit changes.
Universal children’s services must be part of the state’s duty to families
Labour needs to remake the case for a universalist approach to childcare, writes new Fabian Society General Secretary Andrew Harrop.
LFF brief: universal benefits
Analysis of the current debate on universal benefits.
Faith leaders and celebrities back Essential Guarantee Campaign, calling on political leaders to address poverty in election manifestos
‘The current amount of Universal Credit people are receiving has no bearing on basic human needs.’
Disgraceful Tory Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson says ‘nonsense’ to claim there is poverty
The End Child Poverty Coalition revealed that an extra 600,000 children were plunged into poverty in a year as ministers got rid of extra support for families on Universal Credit.
State of Child Poverty report shows ‘catastrophic’ impact of cost-of-living crisis on families
The government is being urged to act immediately to support struggling families by lifting the two-child Universal Credit limit and introducing an Essentials Guarantee.