by Liam Upton | Apr 3, 2015 | News
The Women’s Campaign of the UK’s National Union of Students has adopted Universal Basic Income, resolving to ‘widely publicise the societal need for a Universal Basic Income’ and make it ‘a priority in 2015-2016 for NUS Women’s Campaign’, calling it ‘a very important feminist issue’.
The policy was adopted as Motion 302 at the 2015 NUS Women Conference which took place at Solihull, England on the 24 – 26 March.
The NUS Women’s Campaign is an autonomous campaign within the National Union of Students which campaigns on women’s issues.
For more information, see:
NUS Women’s Campaign, “Motions and Amendments”, NUS Women’s Campaign, 24 – 26 March 2015
by Liam Upton | Apr 1, 2015 | News
The UK based group GlobalNet21 will be hosting a debate at 7pm on the 7th April 2015 between Universal Credit and Guaranteed Income.
On one side will be James Symes, the prospective Conservative party candidate for the constituency of Ealing South. The Conservative party are the current leading party in the UK government. He will be defending the Conservatives’ flagship welfare reform programme, Universal Credit, which replaces a number of previously existing welfare programmes in the UK.
On the other side will be David Flint, the Green party candidate for Enfield North. He will be defending the Green party proposal of Basic Income for all.
To attend, go to this link and log in as a guest or registered user. There is also a meetup page here.
GlobalNet21 is a organisation aiming to hold debates on a global level regarding current topics. They are running a project to hold 5 web debates between the 5 main parties contesting the upcoming UK general election.
by Josh Martin | Mar 28, 2015 | News
This post discusses the citizen’s income (also known as the basic income) as a possible policy for the Labour party in the UK to support. By looking at the Green party’s manifesto, the pilot project results in Namibia, and the Alaskan Permanent Fund dividends, the author argues that it fits Labour’s ideology and should be supported.
The author wrote a follow-up article here.
Phil BC, “Why Labour Should Adopt the Citizen’s Income”, All That Is Solid, 25 January 2015.
by Toru Yamamori | Mar 14, 2015 | News
On 2nd October 2014, Natalie Bennet, Leader of Green Party of England and Wales, argued for a Basic Income at BBC Radio 4 program Women’s Hour. It can be listened at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb/episodes/player .
by Josh Martin | Mar 13, 2015 | Research
This article is very important in the discussion about a citizen’s income (basic income) in the UK. Hirsch is writing from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a prestigious social policy organization in the UK, and his analysis of the citizen’s income debate revolves around a few main issues: it would require increased taxes of up to fifty percent, it does not necessarily eliminate all means-tests since Housing Benefit would likely still exist, and the “something for nothing” idea is still politically unpopular throughout the UK. That said, Hirsch highlights the attractiveness of a citizen’s income as well as listing its faults.
Donald Hirsch, “Could a ‘Citizen’s Income’ Work?”, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, March 2015.
