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UK state should pay for housing, food, transport and internet, says report
‘Universal basic services’ costing about £42bn could be funded through higher taxes, say Jonathan Portes and academics
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Our Welfare System Needs A Radical Overhaul. It’s Time For Universal Basic Services
People in more equal societies are more willing to help each other, trust each other, and to take part in community life.
Institute for Global Prosperity publish first report on Universal Basic Services
At a time of austerity, it is sometimes difficult to remember that the UK is one of the richest countries on the planet. Rising homelessness and the use of foodbanks are just a couple of indicators that a portion of our society is being left behind.
John McDonnell response to the Institute for Global Prosperity’s report on Universal Basic Services
It makes an important contribution to the debate around Universal Basic Income, and will help inform Labour’s thinking on how we can build an economy that truly works for the many not the few.
A proposal for basic services: Universality without conditionalities
What India needs at this moment is not an expensive adventure like UBI at the cost of all other government expenditure but a push towards universal access to basic services by all sections of the population provided by the government.
UK Government plans to make sure no-one is left behind on broadband access
Access to fast broadband to be put on similar footing as other basic services, giving everyone a legal right to request a 10 Mbps connection by end of this Parliament.
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