In this comment piece, John Harris of the Guardian suggests that the demand for a basic income should form a part of new centre-left political agenda better suited  to the changed social and economic territory of the twenty-first century.

John Harris, “The Tories own the future – the left is trapped in the past”, The Guardian, 2nd April 2014.

Photograph: Alex Dellow/Getty Images

Photograph: Alex Dellow/Getty Images