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An NHS for housing and food? It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds

by A_Percy on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017

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.

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Our Welfare System Needs A Radical Overhaul. It’s Time For Universal Basic Services

by A_Percy on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017

People in more equal societies are more willing to help each other, trust each other, and to take part in community life.

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Institute for Global Prosperity publish first report on Universal Basic Services

by A_Percy on October 11, 2017October 13, 2017

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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UCL IGP Publishes First Papers on UBS

by Editor on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017

Professor Jonathan Portes and Howard Reed write two papers discussing the challenges facing our society and look at the costs and effects of delivering Transport and Information UBS.

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A proposal for basic services: Universality without conditionalities

by A_Percy on May 10, 2017October 15, 2017

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.

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School holidays leave 3 million children at risk of hunger, report says

by Editor on April 24, 2017April 24, 2017

The report said those at risk of hunger over the summer include more than 1 million children who receive free school meals during term time, and 2 million more with working parents who are still in poverty.

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Inequality rift will tear our society apart

by Editor on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017

People in more equal societies are more willing to help each other, trust each other, and to take part in community life.

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Poorest struggle to put food on table

by Editor on March 30, 2017April 14, 2017

One in four low-income households does not eat regularly or healthily because of a lack of money, Food Standards Agency says.

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Liberalisation and Universal Access to Basic Services – OECD, World Bank

by Editor on February 1, 2006February 27, 2018

Access to basic services plays an important role in both individual well-being and a country’s economic development

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