Telecoms giants are charging many rural homes full price for a pitiful service
Existing Internet service too expensive and delivers poor service.
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German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollution
“Car nation” Germany has surprised neighbours with a radical proposal to reduce road traffic by making public transport free, as Berlin scrambles to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid big fines.
Europe’s Poverty Time Bomb
8% of the population, struggle to afford basic goods and services, those who live in poverty suffer from complete social exclusion
Robbing Peter to pay Paul
Far more compelling than UBI is ‘UBS’, or the idea of ‘universal basic services’
Are Universal Public Services the answer to Europe’s widening inequalities?
The most powerful aspects of the argument are probably not the cost calculations for particular services (which are in any case quite speculative) but the implied political potential of supporting and expanding the social wage.
The New Sewer Socialists Are Building an Equitable Internet
The Fix Live – Universal Basic Services
Forget a basic income—here’s how Universal Basic Services could fund housing and transport for all
A state service provision could help our society cope with a changing job market. And best of all: it could be fiscally neutral
DEBATE: A new report calls on the state to provide basic services like food, transport and housing – should it?
Millions in the UK are in low-paid or insecure jobs
Universal Basic Services 