It it time to consider an universal basic income?
Nearly half of Britons would support giving all citizens a cash allowance, regardless of whether they were employed, according to a recent survey.
Once considered a policy belonging firmly to the radical left, polling by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath found that 49 per cent of 18 to 75-year-olds supported the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI). If UBI were to be established in the UK, it would drastically overhaul the welfare state by providing a set payment to cover the basic needs for every citizen.
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