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The Case for Universal Basic Services – book out now
The Case for Universal Basic Services – Anyone who cares about fighting for a fairer, greener and more democratic world should read this book.

Can we have UBS and UBI?

Universal basic services – is this the answer to poverty?

Scottish parliament votes for increased taxes to provide essential funding for public services
The budget will increase funding to provide essential funding for public services

IGP Director’s Seminar – UBS – Feb 2018
Background context for 21st century welfare reform and unique aspects of basic services.
A Practical, Socialist Alternative to UBI?
Rather than subverting the logic of the welfare state, the plan for UBS upgrades the it to cover new areas
Affordability
UBS delivers the necessity of social cohesion within the available budget and without resorting to unconventional monetary theory.