In this article, Cristina Brooks deals with the UK Conservative Party’s recent pledge to reduce the tax paid by low earners. She suggests that David Cameron, the party leader, ‘should consider the £12,000 basic income handout put forward by supporters of Basic Income UK (BI), targeting the same people who would be saved by the tricky tax rebate, as a way to proportionately simplify the unfair tax system.’
The full article is available here:
Cristina Brooks, “Tory tax cuts to ta
ke minimum-wage earners back to 2010”, Basic Income UK: Towards an emancipatory welfare, 6th October 2014
