What are UBS?
Universal Basic Services (UBS) are a collection of 7 services that go as far as possible to enable citizens to live a basic life at the lowest monetary cost.
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UBS offer a popular way forward
Universal benefits are popular and resilient.
Dilmot calls for social care as UBS
Andrew Dilnot says adult social care system is ‘most pernicious means-test’ in the British welfare state.
There is a case for universal basic services, not income
Insurance is ineffective if it ignores the context in which individuals find themselves, if there is none of the civic fabric of a thriving economy.
Affordability
UBS delivers the necessity of social cohesion within the available budget and without resorting to unconventional monetary theory.
Poorest struggle to put food on table
One in four low-income households does not eat regularly or healthily because of a lack of money, Food Standards Agency says.
The socioeconomic stakes of transit
Transport critical to escaping poverty.
Are pantry schemes the new food banks?
More than 4 million people in Britain regularly go a whole day without eating. For just £2.50 a week, food clubs are filling their cupboards.
How do we fix air pollution? It’s simple but it needs political will
When foul air descended on Paris in December, officials there swung into action. Public transport was made fre
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