Richard Murphy and Howard Reed, ‘Financing the Social State: Towards a full employment economy‘ (pdf), the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, 2013.
Murphy and Reed recommend the implementation of an unconditional basic income in the U.K., in this policy paper. Murphy has been one of economic advisers for Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Labour Party.
Left Unity’s regional branch for Bath and North East Somerset puts a motion for an unconditional basic income for the party’s national conference which will be held in 21-22 November 2015.
The motion says, ‘[w]e believe that a party of the left should have policies to create a fairer distribution of wealth. The principle of CIP [citizen’s income payment] is well established under different names a system that would enable the discontinuation of the current unemployment benefit system. The payment would be made to all citizens higher than current unemployment benefit levels.’
All motions raised for the coming national conference can be read here (pdf).
Left Unity was founded in 2013, following the appeal by Ken Loach, acclaimed film directer, for a new party to oppose austerity and neoliberalism.
Malcolm Torry, honorary director of the Citizen’s Income Trust, argues that current debates on tax credit cut inevitably urges us to look at the idea of an unconditional basic income.
Malcolm Torry, ‘Why we should pay everyone: cutting tax credits brings the idea of a Citizen’s Income closer to the mainstream‘, London School of Economics.
Bristol Festival of Ideas invites Guy Standing to talk on ‘the Precariat and future cities’.
The date: 19 November 2015
The time: 18.00-19.00
The venue: Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX
The ticket can be booked here.
Leeds Taking Soundings Readers’ Meetings
The date: Monday, November 16th (2015)
The time:6PM
The venue: Broadcasting Place AG10 (opposite the Fenton pub).
The contact: https://www.takingsoundings.org.uk/contact-us/
The organiser’s homepage said, ‘Paul Mason’s new book, Postcapitalism, has attracted a lot of attention, and deservedly so…..The Leeds Taking Soundings group wants to provide an opportunity to discuss what the book is about and how relevant it is.’
The book recommends the implemantation of an unconditional basic income as one of necessary measure during the transition to what the author called ‘PostCapitatalism’ from capitalism.
