The 4.8 million in workless households show the true victims of the recession
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in Child poverty, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 5 Comments »Behind this week's statistics that put the number of workless households at their highest since 1997 is the real story of people who are consistently losing out in employment and whose problems have been exacerbated by the recession. Earlier this year ...
The Problem with the Idea of a Citizen’s Income
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Dan Paskins Posted in Citizen's income, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 2 Comments »Here's the problem that advocates of a citizens income face: a recent political party newsletter in Hackney, attacking another political party, claimed that the Citizens Income would mean 'spending £188 billion on central government payments for millionaires'. This is ...
Citizen’s income: an idea whose time has come? (part two)
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Colin Williams and Jan Windebank Posted in Citizen's income, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 1 Comment »Yesterday, we introduced some of the arguments relating to the idea of a citizen’s income. Today, we consider two variants of a citizen’s income that look to provide basic incomes for active citizenship, in ways that avoid compulsion. Active community service At ...
A Citizen’s Income: part of the answer to poverty
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by Malcolm Torry Posted in Citizen's income, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | No Comments »There are two aspects to income poverty in the developed world: the household’s current situation, and the ease with which a household improve their situation. The current benefits system makes both of these harder. The main problem which needs fixing ...
Citizen’s Income Week on UK Poverty Post
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Citizen's income, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | No Comments »Reading Jenni Russell on welfare reform in the Guardian this week, much of what she wrote rang true, and chimed with our critique of the government’s approach. In particular, I was struck by how much the debate in the comments ...
Citizen’s income: an idea whose time has come? (part one)
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by Colin Williams and Jan Windebank Posted in Citizen's income, Welfare reform | No Comments »Introduction For well over a century, there has been a persistent call for a citizen’s income. Alternatively known as a basic income, social wage, social dividend, social credit, guaranteed income, citizen’s wage, citizenship income, existence income or universal grant, this would ...
