Could universal basic services stop ‘rise of robots’?
Experts at UCL say free services ‘more effective and politically attainable’ than redistributive payments
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An NHS for housing and food? It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds
The left has spent years focusing primarily on opposition: resistance to spending cuts, punitive welfare changes and the erosion of employment rights. Now, with Labour tantalisingly close to power, we have, at last, a chance to imagine something better.
There IS such a thing as a free lunch! Labour hails £42billion-a-year plan to hand out free housing, food, bus passes, phones and broadband
Report written by a team of academics proposes ‘Universal Basic Services’
Some £42billion a year would be spent handing out food, housing and phones
Shadow chancellor hails the ‘bold’ plans and says they will inform his policy
UK needs radical expansion of free services, says report
Academics suggest the government provide free housing, food, transport and internet to help deal with the rise of robots taking jobs
MONEY FOR NOTHING The state should provide free housing, food, transport and internet access to cushion blow of thousands of jobs being lost to technology, report says
THE STATE should provide free housing, food, transport and internet access to help cushion the blow of thousands of jobs being lost to advancement in technology, a report has suggested.
Universal basic services could work better than basic income to combat ‘rise of the robots’, say experts
The state should make shelter, food, travel and IT services available to all, free at the point of use, rather than focusing on redistributing money, a team at UCL says
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
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.
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